In the Beginning
In the Middle
In the End
Characters
Vocabulary
100

This item was given to baby Charlotte the day her parents died.

What is a piece of leather rein?

100

Name one reason Charlotte was popular with her stage coach passengers.

What is she had never overturned a coach, she was considerate and handsome, she had a good reputation, and she knew how to baby difficult passengers?

100
Thunder and Freedom.
Who are the twin horses Ebeneezer helped deliver?
100
Tall and thin, with leathery skin the color of coffee with no milk.
Who is Vern?
100
shinnied p. 52
What is slid down (like on a fire pole)?
200

Vern was once an enslaved person in this state.

What is Virginia?

200

Charlotte rode this to travel west to Sacramento.

What is a steamboat?

200

One of the real-life Charlotte's nicknames.

What is One-eyed Charley, Cockeyed Charley, or Six-horse Charley?

200
A large toad-like person without a mothering bone in her body.
Who is Mrs. Boyle?
200

precarious p. 68

What is dangerous?

300
Three reasons Charlotte left the orphanage.
What is she was banned from the stables; she was being forced to work in the kitchen; Hayward was adopted; Freedom died?
300

An unfortunate accident.

What is Charlotte was blinded after being kicked in the face by a horse?

300
Charlotte was the first woman to do this.
What is vote in a federal election in the United States?
300
Charlotte voted for one of these candidates.
Who are Ulysses S. Grant or Horatio Seymour?
300

jostled p. 87

What is pushed, elbowed, or bumped against, typically in a crowd?

400
Cite words from the text that make you think that Ebeneezer suspected Charlotte was a girl.
What is...page 56, 57, 58, 64?
400
You're not the first woman pretending to be a man.

What is there was a woman whose husband went to the gold mines for two years and another whose husband was killed by bandits?

400
When Ebeneezer arrived at Charlotte's farm.

What is Spring?

400
Ebeneezer's stable boys.
Who are James Birch and Frank Stevens?
400

flinched p. 95

What is a reaction to fear, pain, or surprise; wince?

500
Who was Ebeneezer talking about when he said, "In all my days, I only seen one other person could work with the horses like you."
Who is his daughter? p. 84
500
Charlotte's revenge on Mr. Millshark.
What is a scary stagecoach ride, a mud bath, and stolen boots?
500
Charlotte was this age when she died.
What is 67-years old?
500
Charlotte's plump companions on the trip to Worcester, Massachusetts.
Who are Mrs. Mapes and Mrs. Earhart?
500

banter p. 127

What is light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured joking around?

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