The Great Gilly Hopkins | 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

Galadriel - This foster child wants one thing -- to be reunited with her mother.

Maime Trotter - This character has raised many children in the twenty years she has been a foster mother.

William Ernest (W.E.) Teague - This foster child isn't as slow as some think; rather he just needs confidence.

Courtney Rutherford Hopkins - This character is the mother of the main character.

Mr. Randolph - This elderly neighbor is the first African American the main character ever met.

Miss Miriam Ellis - This case worker cares very much for...
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