A Gathering of Days | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Catherine Cabot Hall - When she begins the journal, she is thirteen years old, and writes in the journal for a period of less than a year and a half. In it, she chronicles the life she leads and the people who are special to her.

Charles Hall - A sensible and strong man, he mourns the loss of his wife and infant son and then grows to accept his family as God gave it to him and the two girls. When Aunt Lucy arrives in town and there is chatter about his...
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