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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, "To Know The Past".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What helps to determine whether Granpa and Granma light the coal oil lamp in the evenings during winter?
(a) The time when they go to bed.
(b) The cost of a nickel to fill the coal oil lamp.
(c) The weather.
(d) The time when the sun sets.

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) Granma reads to Little Tree and Granpa.
(c) They make rugs from the deer hide.
(d) They go to church.

3. By allowing him to watch the chase, how does Granpa reinforce his earlier lessons to Little Tree about the ways of nature and animals?
(a) By not allowing the hounds to kill the fox.
(b) By never killing the fox, which he does not need.
(c) By not allowing the fox to kill the hounds.
(d) By telling Little Tree it is wrong to kill.

4. When the soldiers drive the Cherokee from their land, how do the Cherokee show their pride?
(a) They look straight ahead as they march and refuse rides in the soldiers' wagons.
(b) They sing brave songs on the journey.
(c) They plant their nation's flag where every Cherokee is buried.
(d) They fight back and repel the soldiers.

5. In Chapter 6, the author reveals that Pa becomes a warrior late in his life. For whom does he fight?
(a) He fights for the government against foreigners.
(b) He fights for the Indians against the soldiers.
(c) He fights for the Scottish army against the Americans.
(d) He fights for the Confederates against the government.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which book is always available at Little Tree's cabin and why?

2. What do Little Tree's grandparents reveal about the Cherokee style of passing on information and lessons from one generation to the other?

3. What is the most important lesson that Little Tree learns from the stories heard in Chapter 5?

4. Whose scent does Granpa expect the hounds to pick up to start the hunt in Chapter 4?

5. What is Granpa's reason for taking Little Tree on this walk up the trail?

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