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Vocabulary
100
This item was given to baby Charlotte the day her parents died.
What is a piece of leather horse rein?
100

Charlotte was popular with her stage coach passengers for these reasons.

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

These two horses are born at the end of the novel.

Who are Vern's Thunder and Freedom?

100
Tall and thin, with leathery skin the color of coffee with no milk.
Who is Vern?
100

furrows p. 36

What is a line or a wrinkle on a person's face?

200

Vern was enslaved in this state.

What is Virginia?

200
Charlotte rode this to travel west to Sacramento.
What is a steamboat?
200

In real-life, Charlotte was known by these 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

muddled p. 62

What is to bring into disorder; mix up?

300

Charlotte left the orphanage for this reason.

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 lead to Charlotte becoming disabled in this way.

What is being blinded in one eye?

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

jittery p. 72

What is nervous; anxious; unable to relax?

400

Ebeneezer suspects Charlotte is a girl for these reasons.

What is Charlotte is scrawny and he heard about a missing girl from a nearby orphanage

400

The doctor said, "You're not the first woman pretending to be a man" due to these other people.

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

400
Ebeneezer arrived at Charlotte's ranch during this season.
What is Spring?
400
Ebeneezer's stable boys.
Who are James Birch and Frank Stevens?
400

handbill p. 87

What is a flyer, notice, or advertisement distributed by hand?

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 gets her revenge on Millshark in this way.

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

portly p. 105

What is having a large body?