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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 through 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Granny mean when she says "yarbs"?
(a) Herbs.
(b) Animals.
(c) Students.
(d) Neighbors.

2. What does Granny make Charley do in return for taking her eggs?
(a) He has to do farm chores for her.
(b) He has to shoe a horse for her.
(c) He has to write a letter for her.
(d) He has to sing a song for her.

3. When the Charley and the Union soldiers run after the Confederate soldiers, they run into what?
(a) More Union soldiers.
(b) The ocean.
(c) A trap where they are caught in the crossfire.
(d) A dead end street.

4. What does "fall in" mean?
(a) To fall off a roof and break your arm.
(b) To fall in a swimming pool and drown.
(c) To march behind someone.
(d) For leaves to fall in a bucket.

5. The drummer boy's primary duty is what?
(a) To send signals to the soldiers by beating his drum.
(b) Nothing, there are no drummer boys in the Union army.
(c) To send signals to the soldiers by telegraph.
(d) Nothing, drummer boys don't have duties.

Short Answer Questions

1. What war does Charley find himself swept into?

2. What does Charley do in the middle of the battle?

3. Who does Charley meet again on the train?

4. Who is Michael Demarest?

5. One day, Charley and Silas see which soldier tied to a tree as punishment?

(see the answer key)

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