Chapter 4

Vocabulary to preview - scour, delicacy, censure, indicate

Predictions and SOS

Follow-up Discussion Questions:
1. What does Charlotte and the reader learn in this chapter about the captain?
2. Why did Zachariah give her the dirk?
3. Would you want to be on board The Seahawk?  Why or why not?
4. Should Charlotte trust Zachariah?
5. Would you keep the dirk?
6. A naive person is one who does not have the experience to truly understand a situation.  Which of Charlotte's ideas prove that she is naive?