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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As a deserter, what could happen to Charley if he is caught by the Confederate Army?
(a) He could be sent to New York.
(b) He could be paid a bonus.
(c) He could be shot or taken prisoner.
(d) He could be drafted.

3. In Chapter 11, why doesn't Charley escape that first night?
(a) He is too hungry.
(b) He likes Granny more than anyone he ever met.
(c) He is locked in.
(d) He is too nervous.

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

5. Charley sleeps where in an abandoned farmhouse?
(a) In a soft feather bed.
(b) In the hayloft.
(c) With the horses.
(d) Near the back door.

6. What does Granny feed Charley after they first meet?
(a) Deviled eggs.
(b) Ham and mashed potatoes.
(c) Bacon, eggs and cornbread.
(d) A hamburger.

7. Where do Charley and Granny go to have her corn ground into cornmeal?
(a) Hearn Hollow
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Nashville.
(d) Chattanooga.

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

9. How is fall different in the mountains?
(a) There are fewer trees than in New York.
(b) There is no fall season in the mountains.
(c) There are many trees and they are more colorful than Charley is used to.
(d) Charley doesn't notice any differences.

10. Granny tells the people in Hearn Hollow that Charley's name is what?
(a) Charles Wales.
(b) Charley Skedaddle.
(c) Boy.
(d) Pete Primrose.

11. At the end of the story, where does Charley think is a good place to settle down?
(a) Franklin.
(b) The Bent farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
(c) Chattanooga.
(d) New York City.

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

13. What did Isaac Bent do instead of making moonshine?
(a) He helped escaped slaves travel to Tahiti.
(b) He helped to brew beer.
(c) He helped escaped slaves find freedom in the north.
(d) He helped slave owners find escaped slaves.

14. As a deserter, what could happen to Charley if he is caught by the Union Army?
(a) He could be shot.
(b) He could get a raise.
(c) He could be promoted.
(d) He could be sent home.

15. What does Granny call the panther?
(a) A kitten.
(b) A "kitty.
(c) A "painter."
(d) A tiger.

Short Answer Questions

1. By Chapter 13, what has Charley learned about herbs?

2. After Christmas dinner, Granny teaches Charley to fire what?

3. A man rushes past Charley shouting what?

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

5. Why does Granny not like the town of Franklin?

(see the answer keys)

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