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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Granny mentions the panther in Chapter 14 and it turns up in Chapter 15, that is an example of what technique?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Aftershadowing.
(d) Rhyme.

2. Charley and Cois part as what?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Friends.
(c) Enemies.
(d) Painters.

3. Why does Granny not like the town of Franklin?
(a) Because it is not New York.
(b) Because it is too big.
(c) Because it is too small.
(d) Because she likes Philadelphia better.

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

5. What is the problem with Charley's canteen?
(a) It has the Confederate Army insignia on it.
(b) It leaks.
(c) It smells bad.
(d) It has the Union Army insignia on it.

6. Where does Charley get water the first day he flees?
(a) From a farm.
(b) From a stream.
(c) From a dead soldier's canteen.
(d) From a faucet.

7. By Chapter 13, what has Charley learned about herbs?
(a) Their names in English and Russian.
(b) Their names and how to paint them.
(c) Their names in English and French.
(d) Their names and how they can be used to heal people.

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

9. Granny tells the people in Hearn Hollow that she found Charley doing what?
(a) Wandering in the woods.
(b) Stealing her eggs.
(c) Eating her grits.
(d) Planting her corn.

10. What is the name of Granny's mule?
(a) Canaan.
(b) Charley.
(c) Isaac.
(d) Hancock.

11. Charley pours out his story to a man in a wagon, who says what?
(a) That he hates Charley.
(b) That he forgives Charley.
(c) That Charley is a coward.
(d) That he didn't understand a word Charley said.

12. Where is Granny's husband buried.
(a) In Jefferson.
(b) In Missouri.
(c) In Franklin.
(d) In New York.

13. What does Charley have to do after the mysterious stranger's visit?
(a) Repair the rotten boards in the hen house.
(b) Give Granny first aid.
(c) Build a new hen house after the fire.
(d) Find the Union Army.

14. Cois McRae admits to Charley that he would have been afraid to fire what?
(a) The little gun.
(b) A cap pistol.
(c) The big rifle.
(d) A toy gun.

15. Hardtack is similar to what?
(a) Spam or ham.
(b) Cereal.
(c) A dried biscuit or cracker.
(d) Cookies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion is Charley?

2. To save Granny, Charley must make Canaan the mule do what?

3. As a deserter, what could happen to Charley if he is found by Southern sympathizers like Granny's neighbors?

4. The Blue Ridge Mountains are what?

5. Charley sleeps where in an abandoned farmhouse?

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