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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who teaches Charlotte to handle a knife?
(a) Ewing.
(b) Grimes.
(c) Barlow.
(d) Fisk.

2. Where does Captain Jaggery keep the key to the safe?
(a) Under his pillow.
(b) In his breast pocket.
(c) Behind the picture of his daughter.
(d) In his Bible.

3. What does Charlotte do to improve her vision as she climbs the mainmast in the storm?
(a) Turns her body away from the wind.
(b) Tucks in her blouse.
(c) Cuts her hair.
(d) Throws the sail into the sea.

4. Who saves Charlotte during the storm?
(a) Zachariah.
(b) Captain Jaggery.
(c) Barlow.
(d) Fisk.

5. Who brings food to Zachariah every day?
(a) Ewing.
(b) Keetch.
(c) Morgan.
(d) Fisk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the ladder ropes on the ship called?

2. Who really oversees the running of the ship after Captain Jaggery dies?

3. Who takes Charlotte to the jail?

4. What does Charlotte ask a crew member when she wakes up after the storm?

5. How does the man die during the storm?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Charlotte do to make her life easier during the storm?

2. What does Charlotte do when she first sees Zachariah in the jail, and what does he say to her?

3. Who does Captain Jaggery say will decide Charlotte's fate in the trial, and what does this mean for her?

4. How does Charlotte choose to complete the task given her, and what challenges does she face along the way?

5. What does Zachariah realize when Charlotte accuses him of murdering Hollybrass?

6. What does Charlotte learn when she sees a bird flying far from land?

7. Why is Captain Jaggery rushing the execution of Charlotte?

8. How does Mr. Hollybrass die?

9. What does Charlotte do at the end of the book?

10. What does Charlotte do after the storm, and why is this so surprising?

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