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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18, "Down From the Mountain".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the visitor's ambitions contrast with the values of Granpa and Granma?
(a) The visitor wants to get easy money but Granpa and Granma know they own inherited land so they need no schemes to get rich.
(b) The visitor is intent on getting rich while Granpa and Granma have no interest in having more than they need to survive.
(c) The visitor wants quick riches but Granpa and Granma prefer to get rich by selling crops.
(d) The visitor wants money but Granma and Granpa don't want to be rich, they just want to protect Little Tree's inheritance.

2. In what special activity do Little Tree and his grandparents participate on weekend evenings during the winter?
(a) They roast chestnuts in the fireplace.
(b) They go to church.
(c) They make rugs from the deer hide.
(d) Granma reads to Little Tree and Granpa.

3. Why does Little Tree set the coal oil can down when the lady in the black car speaks to them?
(a) Because it is getting heavy.
(b) Because Granpa teaches him that when spoken to, he should give full attention out of respect.
(c) To avoid the smell.
(d) Because it is beginning to spill oil.

4. Why does Mr. Wine light a candle at a special time?
(a) He believes that it is a way of sharing thoughts with his scattered relatives who light candles at the same time.
(b) It is part of the Jewish ritual.
(c) It is time for the Jewish evening prayer.
(d) It is in memory of his grandson.

5. According to his grandparents, why is it important for Little Tree to learn about his past?
(a) Because without understanding his past, he will not understand his future.
(b) Because it will help him understand the Cherokee ways.
(c) So he will know about his relatives.
(d) Because he will have to teach his own children about the past.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Pa say farewell to Granpa when he is dying?

2. Which books are Granma's favorites to read?

3. What does the reader learn about Granpa from his reaction to the lady in the black car who is rude to him?

4. At the beginning of the chapter "The Farm in the Clearing", what inhuman scene does Granpa describe to Little Tree?

5. Why does Granpa want Little Tree to learn his trade when he is only six-years-old?

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