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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who made the bird call sound to signal Granny in Chapter 13?

3. How is winter different in the mountains?

4. What is the name of Granny's mule?

5. What would Thad Porter have to do if he caught Charley?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who gives Charley the nickname "Charley Skedaddle"?

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

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

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

10. In Chapter 13, what does it mean when Charley escapes the hen house but doesn't run away from the farm?

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