Riding Freedom Chapter 2

Why did Mrs. Boyle prevent Charlotte from being adopted and hide her in the potato barrel?

• She really was her niece

• She was afraid to lose her kitchen maid

• Charlotte was too good for a family

• Mrs. Boyle always wanted a daughter

Reluctantly

• feeling hesitation, unwilling

• determined, forthcoming

• failed

• sadly

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• a first grader who beats you in handball

• a president of a foreign country

• a mature person who attends and supervises social gatherings of young, unmarried people

• a judge of a court

What happened when Freedom died?

• Vern lost his job

• Hayward blamed himself for getting Freedom sick

• Charlotte cried

• Charlotte did not cry

What did Mr. Millshark do to Charlotte when he found out how Freedom died?

• He fired Vern for his lack of care

• He banned Charlotte from working with the horses and assigned her to the Kitchen with Mrs. Boyle

• He removed all the horses from the orphanage

• He hugged her and let her cry

What was Hayward's big news?

• He confessed he was a spy

• He was taking Charlotte's place as stableboy

• He grew 2 inches

• He was getting adopted

What were Charlotte's reasons why she decided to leave the orphanage?

• Hayward was getting adopted and she could no longer work in the stables

• She didn't find it fair that boys were treated differently than girls

• She needed to give Vern a chance at a better life than being at the orphanage and help him escape

• Charlotte was afraid to get more horses sick and ashamed of Freedom's death