Tunnel in the Sky | 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

Rod Walker - After being attacked and robbed, this character is left with nothing but a knife and shorts.

Grant Cowper - This character wins the election to become the mayor of the colony and immediately begins appointing people to committees to write out the laws of the colony and procedures by which everyone will be expected to live.

Caroline Mshiyeni - This character, the only one who brought writing paper on the survival test, accepts the role of historian.

Jacqueline Daudet - This character and the main character partner team up in...
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