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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 feed Charley after they first meet?
(a) A hamburger.
(b) Deviled eggs.
(c) Ham and mashed potatoes.
(d) Bacon, eggs and cornbread.

2. What is the name of the guard goose on the farm?
(a) Homer.
(b) Leonardo.
(c) Miss Marple.
(d) Malindy.

3. What is the name of Granny's mule?
(a) Hancock.
(b) Charley.
(c) Isaac.
(d) Canaan.

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

5. How many children are buried in Granny's graveyard?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Nineteen.
(d) Eleven.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Granny's husband buried.

2. What did Isaac Bent do instead of making moonshine?

3. What is the problem with Charley's canteen?

4. Granny points out that her husband was a carpenter who did not make what?

5. What was the name of Granny's husband?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Charley become more mature while living with Granny Bent?

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

5. What is the Underground Railroad?

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 Skedaddle" a compliment or an insult?

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

(see the answer keys)

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