The+True+confessions+of+Charlotte+Doyle

Q1. What was Charlotte Doyle doing on the Seahawk? A1. She was returning to America

Q2. What did Zachariah give Charlotte when she first came onboard? A2. A knife or dirk

Q3. Who was the captain of the Seahawk? A3. Captain Jaggery

Q4. What was the captain's reputation among the crew? A4. They said he was cruel.

Q5. Why did Charlotte feel that she shouldn't be on the ship? A5. She was the only girl among all men, and she didn't think her father would approve.

Q6. Why did the crew sign on with Captain Jaggery if he was so cruel? A6. To get revenge

Q7. What is a round robin? A7. It was a signed pact shown by two circles, one inside the other with the signatures of those who signed it.

Q8. What is another name for the ship's jail? A8. The brig

Q9. Wny did the captain shoot Cranick? A9. He organized the round robin and wanted to put the captain on trial.

Q10. Who did the captain pick to take the punishment and set an example for the rest of the crew? A10. Zachariah

Q11. Why did the captain decide not to have anything to do with Charlotte? A11. She accidently hit him in the face with his whip in front of his crew. She insulted him.

Q12. What test did Charlotte have to pass in order for the crew to let her join with them? A12. She had to climb to the top of the royal yard or the highest sail and make it down safely.

Q13. Why did the captain put in the records that Miss Doyle was lost? A13. When she joined the crew he changed her name to Mister Doyle.

Q14. What did Charlotte threaten the captain with when he slapped her? A14. She would go to the courts in Providence and report him. He would not be a captain anymore.

Q15. Who helped Charlotte during the hurricane? A15. Zachariah

Q16. What happened to Mr. Hollybrass during the storm? A16. He was murdered, a knife stuck in his back.

Q17. Why was Charlotte taken to the brig? A17. The captain said she murdered Mr. Hollybrass.

Q.18 Who did Charlotte thin killed Mr. Hollybrass? A18. Zachariah

Q19. What happened at Charlotte's trial? A19. The captain declared her guilty and the penalty for her crime would be hanging.

Q20. When Zachariah and Charlotte talked about the murder after Charlotte's trial, who did they conclude murdered Mr. Hollybrass? A20. Captain Jaggery

Q21. What plan did Zachariah and Charlotte come up with to save her from being hung? A21. Charlotte would go into the captain's cabin and steal the key to the gun cabinet.

Q22. When Charlotte talked to the captain in his cabin the night she went to steal the key, what choices did he give her? A22. To put her dress and bonnet on and renounce her ways or be hanged.

Q23. Who ruined Charlotte and Zachariah's conspiracy? A23. Keetch

Q24. How did they account for the deaths of the captain and Mr. Hollybrass? A24. They said they were lost at sea during the hurricane

Q25. When they reached land, what did Charlotte's father remind her of? A25. That he would be reading her journal

Q26. What did Charlotte's father do with her journal? A26. He burned it.

Q27. What did Charlotte's father forbid of her? A27. She was not allowed to talk of her voyage with her sister and brother.

Q28. Instead of reading the books her father brought her, what did she do with them? A28. She wrote in the margins, trying to recall everything she had put in her journal.

Q29. Why did Charlotte bribe the maid to bring her a newspaper everyday? A29. She was searching for news on when the Seahawk would be sailing back to England.

Q30. What did Charlotte decide to do at the end of the story? A30. She decided to go back to the Seahawk as part of the crew.


 * 1) Why was charlotte going on the ship? To go to Rhode island were she originally lived.
 * 2) What happened to Mr.hollybrass? he was murdered by caption jaggery with a dirk.
 * 3) Who kills the stowaway, and what was the stowaway’s name? Captain Jaggery, Cranick
 * 4) Who told the captain about Charlotte and Zachariah’s plan? Keetch
 * 5) What was the maid’s name? Bridget