Hard to Handle
Character Traits and Trends
Caroline, Caroline, Caroline
Vocabulary
Names
100

The cause of Trudy's death

massive stroke

100

Louise's real first name

Sara

100

Who Caroline yells "SHUT UP" at

her grandmother

100

synonym of perplexed

befuddled

100

Who Louise crabs with every day after school

Call

200

This person leaves for the war after hearing about the attack on Pearl Harbor

Mr. Rice

200

Who Louise is named after

her grandmother

200

Caroline's main talent

singing/ her voice

200

a heartless and _______ person

conniving

200

The name of the island Louise lives on

Rass Island

300

The subject Captain taught Louise when she was home-schooled

math

300

Louise goes here during the storm

Captain's house

300

Louise hides this from Caroline

lotion/ manicure set

300

synonym of steer

maneuver

300

The bay where Rass Island is located

Chesapeake Bay

400

What the Hurricane of '42 did that Louise had failed to accomplish

kill Auntie Braxton's cats

400

How Louise's grandmother thinks Auntie Braxton dies

poison

400

Caroline refuses to do this when she is first born

breathe

400

The ______ crowds at the Super Bowl cheered on their team

exuberant

400

Where Susan offers to send Louise to boarding school

Crisfield

500

What Louise says she walks between as she walks down the streets of Rass

graves

500

The four characters who pass away by the end of the novel

Trudy, Captain, Louise's grandmother, and Truitt

500

The age difference between Louise and Caroline

two minutes

500

There is a basic need for money for ________ to buy clothes, food, and shelter

subsistence

500

Where Louise's clinic is located in the village of Truitt

Her home