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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Granny caution Charley not to speak in town?
2. How does Charley come to the farm?
3. What was the name of Granny's husband?
4. Where does Charley get water the first day he flees?
5. Cois McRae admits to Charley that he would have been afraid to fire what?
Short Essay Questions
1. Is "Charley Skedaddle" a compliment or an insult?
2. In Chapter 13, what does it mean when Charley escapes the hen house but doesn't run away from the farm?
3. What mountains does Charley finally enter?
4. 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?
5. What direction does Charley head, based upon advice from a Confederate officer?
6. Charley pours out his story to a man on a wagon who tells him what?
7. The morning after the battle, Charley is forced out of his hiding place by what?
8. What does the word emancipated mean?
9. Is Charley a deserter?
10. Is the mysterious stranger a deserter?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the Civil War. What were the two sides? What were the major issues of the war? Could the issues have been resolved in another way?
Essay Topic 2
At the beginning of the story, Charley is sure that he will be able to handle a gun because he has shot toy guns at the arcade before. He is also positive that he will act heroically in battle.
Part 1) What are Charley's expectations of himself when he joins the soldiers? What is his biggest goal in joining the Union Army?
Part 2) Are drummer boy's supposed to fire weapons? Does Charely follow this rule? Why or why not?
Part 3) When Charley has to use a huge rifle to kill the panther, does he enjoy it? How does he feel about guns at the end of the story?
Essay Topic 3
Part 1) Why did Charley think he would be good at firing a gun in battle? Did this prove to be true or not?
Part 2) When does Charley finally learn to fire a huge rifle, and how does he use it?
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