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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Charley come to the farm?
(a) He swims across the bay.
(b) He follows the river.
(c) He follows a faint trail, hoping it leads to the road.
(d) He follows a horse.

4. What seed does Granny have Charley plant right away?
(a) Squash.
(b) Tomatoes.
(c) Corn.
(d) Cucumbers.

5. What does Sarie give Charley in Chapter 15?
(a) A padlock.
(b) A hair shirt.
(c) A lock of her hair.
(d) A hair ribbon.

6. In Chapter 14, Charley is pleased at his new skills to do what?
(a) Run and fly a kite.
(b) Shoot guns and dodge bullets.
(c) Ice skate and ski.
(d) Use a hammer and repair the hen house.

7. Who does Charley get into a fistfight with in Chapter 12?
(a) Pete Squarp.
(b) Con Sullivan.
(c) Cois McRae.
(d) Sarie Griffen.

8. What do Granny's neighbors call people from the north, especially soldiers?
(a) Stingrays.
(b) Rebels.
(c) Students.
(d) Yankees.

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

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

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

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

13. Who does the panther kill?
(a) Granny.
(b) Charley.
(c) Cois McRae.
(d) Many of the chickens.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the problem with Charley's canteen?

2. Does Charley think he will ever return to the Bent farm.

3. In Chapter 13, Charley learns that for 15 years, Granny's farm served as what?

4. How does Charley feel about shooting a gun?

5. Where is Granny's husband buried.

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