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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. Where does Charley find Granny?
(a) In an ambulance.
(b) Beside the river near the trail.
(c) At the Hodder farm.
(d) In the hospital.

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 13, Charley learns that for 15 years, Granny's farm served as what?
(a) A waystation for songbirds.
(b) A station on the Underground Railroad.
(c) A station on the Metra Express Blue Line.
(d) An stop for the red line subway.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Granny's husband buried.

2. The Blue Ridge Mountains are what?

3. Who catches Charley stealing her eggs?

4. How is fall different in the mountains?

5. Where do Charley and Granny go to have her corn ground into cornmeal?

Short Essay Questions

1. What direction does Charley head, based upon advice from a Confederate officer?

2. 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?

3. What really happened when Charley was thrown into a horrible battle?

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

5. What is the Underground Railroad, and which characters were members of it?

6. What does the word emancipated mean?

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

8. What could happen to Charley if he is captured by the Confederate Army?

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

10. In Chapter 13, when Charley escapes from the hen house while a mysterious stranger visits Granny, what does he do next?

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