Name:______________________
Due Date: 8/13/14
Summer Reading
Rising 7th Honors- Fordham
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
By Avi
1. From whose point of view is the story told?
2. Why had Zachariah given Charlotte the dirk?
3. How were Captain Jaggery’s quarters different from the rest of the ship?
4.
Why did Charlotte look forward to tea with the captain?
5. What startling revelation did Charlotte learn in the forecastle?
6. Why did Charlotte put on the seaman’s garment Zachariah had made?
7. What test did the crew propose for Charlotte?
8. Who do you think killed Hollybrass? What evidence pointed to Charlotte?
9.
How did Zachariah survive?
10. What charge was brought against Charlotte during her trial?
11. How did Charlotte’s parents and brother and sister greet her? What did they say and do that
were signs of disapproval?
12. How do you think Charlotte’s father and mother should have received her after the horrible
journey?