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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20, "Home Again".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Chapter 2 end?
(a) With a poem about the sunrise on the mountain.
(b) With a poem about love of nature.
(c) With a poem about the animals.
(d) With a poem about Mon-o-lah and The Way.

2. How does the preacher make Granpa angry in some of his sermons?
(a) He rants and raves about whiskey makers.
(b) He talks a lot about Pharisees or separates, while looking and pointing straight at Granpa's family.
(c) He talks with contempt about the Catholics.
(d) He talks with contempt about the Cherokee.

3. How does the author suggest that even nature is mourning about Little Tree's departure?
(a) Little Tree describes the rain as mournful and sad.
(b) Granpa says even the animals are howling with sadness.
(c) Little Tree's description says a low oak limb's finger pulls the tow sack off his shoulder, and a lonesome dove gets no answer to his call.
(d) Granma says the frogs and spiders in Little Tree's secret place have hidden away.

4. In regard to leaving the orphanage, how does Granpa reveal that he wants Little Tree to continue learning to make his own decisions?
(a) Granpa sends Pine Billy to the orphanage to find out if Little Tree wants to go home.
(b) Granpa goes to the gate of the orphanage and lets Little Tree decide whether to go home with him.
(c) Granpa tells the reverend to call Little Tree, and they ask him if he wants to go home.
(d) Granpa tells Granma to write a letter that Pine Billy takes to Little Tree asking if he wants to go home.

5. How does the author create sympathy in the reader for Willow John?
(a) He describes his silence about the lost Nation and his sad eyes that suggest his thoughts are far away.
(b) He describes how Willow John stays away from everyone and looks sad.
(c) He describes how there are always tears in his eyes when he speaks about the Nation.
(d) He describes Willow John as a broken man.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Granpa's approach to making whiskey different from that of the "city criminals" who just want to make money?

2. What lesson does the author teach the reader in Chapter 6, based on how the Indians responded to the oppression by the soldiers?

3. What is the Trail of Tears?

4. What change does Little Tree make that demonstrates how much he has learned from the loss of the money spent on the calf?

5. In Chapter 15, how does Granma reassure Little Tree that his birth time is special and he will never be alone?

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