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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Charley and Cois part as what?

2. What is the name of the guard goose on the farm?

3. Granny tells the people in Hearn Hollow that Charley's name is what?

4. In Chapter 13, what does Granny do when they hear a strange "bird call"?

5. What does Granny call the panther?

Short Essay Questions

1. The morning after the battle, Charley is forced out of his hiding place by what?

2. How does Charley become more mature while living with Granny Bent?

3. Charley pours out his story to a man on a wagon who tells him what?

4. What former runaway slave visits Granny Bent, and why?

5. Is the mysterious stranger a deserter?

6. In Chapter 14, when Granny says they must replace the rotten boards in the hen house to prevent an animal from getting in, what event does this foreshadow?

7. How does Charley get food and water the first day after the battle?

8. Which two characters were members of the Underground Railroad for 15 years?

9. How does Charley change his uniform to try to disguise his identity?

10. What does the word emancipated mean?

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