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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) Keep her eye on him.
(b) Dance a jig with him.
(c) Take him for a horseback ride.
(d) Teach him to dance.

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

3. What does Granny mean when she says "yarbs"?
(a) Herbs.
(b) Animals.
(c) Students.
(d) Neighbors.

4. What does Granny make Charley do in return for taking her eggs?
(a) He has to sing a song for her.
(b) He has to write a letter for her.
(c) He has to do farm chores for her.
(d) He has to shoe a horse for her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the old woman on the farm?

2. What do Granny's neighbors call people from the north, especially soldiers?

3. Charley and Cois part as what?

4. Who plans to live with Granny when Charley leaves?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the word emancipated mean?

2. When he was in New York, how did Charley dream of acting in battle?

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

4. What will happen to Charley if he is captured by the Union Army?

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

6. Is Charley a deserter?

7. How does the relationship between Charley and Granny change over time?

8. At the end of the story, is Charley more comfortable in the Blue Ridge Mountains or in New York?

9. What is the Underground Railroad?

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

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