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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 15, Granny and Charley travel where to help a woman prepare for childbirth?
(a) The Hodder farm.
(b) The Bent farm.
(c) Hearn Hollow.
(d) Brandy Station.

2. What is the name of the guard goose on the farm?
(a) Malindy.
(b) Homer.
(c) Leonardo.
(d) Miss Marple.

3. After Christmas dinner, Granny teaches Charley to fire what?
(a) Her smallest gun.
(b) A laser gun.
(c) Her biggest rifle.
(d) A cap gun.

4. What does Charley do to the panther?
(a) He sells it to the zoo.
(b) He chases it away.
(c) He shoots and kills it.
(d) He tames it for a pet.

5. Does Charley think he will ever return to the Bent farm.
(a) Yes, but only to build a skyscraper.
(b) No, he does not want to be locked in the hen house.
(c) No, he hates it.
(d) Yes, it seems like home to him now.

6. Who made the bird call sound to signal Granny in Chapter 13?
(a) Cois McRae.
(b) Thad Porter.
(c) Con Sullivan.
(d) Sarie Griffen.

7. What happens when Charley fires Granny's gun?
(a) He kills the goose.
(b) He kills someone by accident.
(c) The recoil knocks him to the ground.
(d) He kills all the chickens.

8. Charley admits what to Cois McRae?
(a) That he was afraid to fire the gun, too.
(b) That he was afraid of climing trees like Cois.
(c) That he was afraid of spiders, too.
(d) That he was afraid of chickens once.

9. Why does Granny caution Charley not to speak in town?
(a) So he looks smart.
(b) So no one speaks to him.
(c) So no one hears his Yankee accent.
(d) So no one hears his Southern accent.

10. What family has feuded with Granny's clan for generations?
(a) The McRaes.
(b) The McCoys.
(c) The Hatfields.
(d) The Capulets.

11. What does Granny plan to do with Charley after she catches him stealing her eggs?
(a) Dance a jig with him.
(b) Teach him to dance.
(c) Take him for a horseback ride.
(d) Keep her eye on him.

12. What does Granny use to heal the mountain people?
(a) Magic spells.
(b) Ice water.
(c) Magic beans.
(d) Herbs.

13. In Chapter 13, what does Charley do when Granny locks him in the hen house while she has a mysterious visitor?
(a) He shoots Granny.
(b) He escapes through rotten boards.
(c) He burns the hen house down.
(d) He shoots the mysterious stranger.

14. How are the panther's tracks distinctive?
(a) It only has 3 paws.
(b) One paw is turned in.
(c) It wears shoes.
(d) One paw has 7 toes.

15. A man rushes past Charley shouting what?
(a) That he is tired and thirsty.
(b) That the patrols are up ahead, searching for deserters to shoot.
(c) That the war is over.
(d) That the surf is up.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many farms did Charley see in New York City?

2. As a deserter, what could happen to Charley if he is caught by the Union Army?

3. At the end of the story, where does Charley think is a good place to settle down?

4. Granny tells the people in Hearn Hollow that she found Charley doing what?

5. When Granny mentions the panther in Chapter 14 and it turns up in Chapter 15, that is an example of what technique?

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