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

2. How many children are buried in Granny's graveyard?

3. Charley hides in the bushes to escape what?

4. In Chapter 13, what does Charley do when Granny locks him in the hen house while she has a mysterious visitor?

5. What is the name of the escaped slave who visits Granny?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Is "Charley Skedaddle" a compliment or an insult?

6. Who is the mysterious stranger who visits Granny in Chapter 13?

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

8. What does the word emancipated mean?

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

10. What is the Underground Railroad?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) Compare and contrast the personalities of Con Sullivan and Jem Miller.

Part 2) How does Charley's view of Con change over time?

Part 3) Does Charley's view of Jem change or remain the same?

Essay Topic 2

At the beginning of the story, Charley fights with a rival gang member, one of the Dead Rabbits. Later, he fights with Cois McRae. Charley realizes that there are "good" fights and "bad" fights.

Part 1) Was the fight with the Dead Rabbit gang member a good fight or a bad fight. Why?

Part 2) Was the second fight with Cois McRae a good fight or a bad fight? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Charley's attitudes about killing change over the course of the book.

Part 1) What is Charley's attitude about killing Confederate soldiers at the beginning of the novel?

Part 2) How does that attitude change when he actually shoots a Confederate soldier?

Part 3) What is Charley's attitude toward killing at the end of the story? Does he believe the Confederate soldier he shot is alive or dead? How does he feel about that?

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