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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Charley break the law and become a wanted criminal?
(a) By shoplifting candy.
(b) By riding a train.
(c) By deserting the Union Army.
(d) By stealing eggs from the farm.

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

3. 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) Rhyme.
(c) Aftershadowing.
(d) Allusion.

4. What gift does Charley give Granny?
(a) A whistle so she can call him if she needs him.
(b) He doesn't give her a gift.
(c) A gun to shoot animals.
(d) A bowl to make snow ice cream.

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

6. How is winter different in the mountains?
(a) The snow stays clean, white and pretty.
(b) There is snow, which Charley has never seen before.
(c) The forest animals make the snow dirtier than in New York.
(d) There is no snow in the mountains.

7. What is the name of the escaped slave who visits Granny?
(a) Jem Miller.
(b) Albert Grant.
(c) Charley Quinn.
(d) Thad Porter.

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

9. To save Granny, Charley must make Canaan the mule do what?
(a) Jump on top of a log.
(b) Stop making loud noises.
(c) Jump over a fence.
(d) Swim across the river.

10. What is the name of the old woman on the farm?
(a) Granny Brown.
(b) Jershua Bent.
(c) Noreen Bent.
(d) Penelope Pringle.

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

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

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

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

15. What town does Granny take Charley to the store in?
(a) Franklin.
(b) New York City.
(c) Hearn Hollow.
(d) Jefferson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Granny points out that her husband was a carpenter who did not make what?

2. Charley admits what to Cois McRae?

3. What almost destroys Charley's hiding place twice?

4. Where is Granny's husband buried.

5. What does Sarie's gift to Charley mean?

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