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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. What family has feuded with Granny's clan for generations?

2. How does Charley feel about shooting a gun?

3. What does Granny make Charley do in return for taking her eggs?

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

5. Why does Granny not like the town of Franklin?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are some of the hazards that Charley encounters as a deserter?

4. Is the mysterious stranger a deserter?

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

6. What does the word emancipated mean?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Charley's family situation at the beginning of the story? How does this impact later events?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast New York and the Blue Ridge Mountains. How are they different? What are the similarities?

Essay Topic 3

At the beginning of the novel Charley is sure that if he can get his hands on a gun, he will heroically kill a lot of Confederate soldiers.

Part 1) How does Charley's attitude change during the novel?

Part 2) How does Charley view heroism by the end of the story?

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