Chapter 1
This is where Kit (Katherine Tyler) was traveling FROM.
What is Barbados?
This is why Goodwife Cruff called Kit a witch.
What is because Kit could swim?
Kit first thought the person answering the door at her aunt and uncle's house was this.
What is a servant?
Kit is anxious to show off her beautiful clothes to her aunt and cousins. When her uncle returns to the house, he instructs the girls to give everything back. But he does allow Mercy to keep this.
A _____ is where the author of the story leaves the reading "hanging" at the end of a chapter making the reader want to continue reading.
What is a cliffhanger?
This is where Kit was traveling TO.
What is the Connecticut Colony?
Kit tells John Holbrook that her grandfather taught her to read and that _____ was her favorite genre to read.
What are plays?
Uncle Matthew felt this way about Kit staying with them in Wethersfield.
What is he seemed polite but thought her staying with them would be a problem?
This is the first job that Kit is put to task. It was helping Mercy do this.
What is carting wool?
"The houses beyond were no more than plain wooden boxes." Name this figure of speech
What is a metaphor?
This was the name of the ship Kit was traveling on
What is the Dolphin?
This is what Nat Eaton and Captain Eaton carried in the hull of the ship. Which Kit thought had a horrible smell.
What are horses?
Kit was welcomed in to her family's home. She was offered cornbread and this to drink. Which seemed to shock her.
What is water?
It is in this chapter we learn of another reason Kit had to leave her home in Barbados.
What is because a 50 year old man wanted to marry her?
"I'll never get it out of my hair as long as I live!"
What is a hyperbole?
What is Kit jumped in the river to rescue the doll?
Kit had a secret which is revealed at the end of chapter two.
What is that her aunt and uncle did not know she was coming?
There is a stark contract in the lives of Mercy and Judith compared to Kit's life in Barbados. The main difference was this.
What is Kit's life in Barbados was relaxed and luxurious. Mercy and Judith's life was more formal and full of chores.
Uncle Matthew told Kit that she was welcome to stay, but she would have to do this.
What is fit herself into their ways?
"Dolphin left the open sea, sailed briskly across the Sound..."
What is an alliteration?
This character had a small smirk on his face when Kit found herself embarrassed of her actions after jumping in the river to rescue the doll. We later find out he was heading to Wethersfield to study to be a reverend.
Who is John Hollbrook?
The Dolphin left Saybrook headed to Wethersfield. Due to the lack of wind, the ship's crew had to do this to get the Dolphin moving up the river.
When Nat left Kit at her aunt and uncle's house, he gave her one final message.
What is "remember, the guilty ones stay afloat."?
Kit was also given the chore of making this for dinner. She was not patient and ended up making it lumpy. The family still had to eat it.
What is corn pudding?
"The Meadows closed silently around her and took her in."
What is personification?