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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two important characteristics of Granpa are revealed by the description of the fox and the hounds episode?
(a) Granpa's love for swimming and diving.
(b) His immense respect for nature and animals and his sense of humor.
(c) Granpa's speed and agility.
(d) Grandpa's great ability to catch foxes and control the hounds.

2. How does Granpa help Little Tree relate the lessons about nature to the behavior of some people?
(a) Granpa teaches Little Tree that people who store and take more than their share contribute to wars, land-grabbing and changing nature's ways.
(b) Granpa says that people who take more than their share cause jealousy.
(c) Granpa says that people who take more than their share cause others to starve.
(d) Granpa says that people who take more than their share do better than others.

3. Which of the following best describes the main theme of Chapter 2?
(a) Granpa shares his knowledge about hunting.
(b) A young boy learns to appreciate nature.
(c) How animals survive in the wild.
(d) A young boy learns to survive in the mountains.

4. Who guides the family when it comes to books, decisions and words?
(a) The librarian.
(b) Pa.
(c) Granpa.
(d) Granma.

5. Which of the following would be the best alternate title for Chapter 3?
(a) Family Circles.
(b) Little Tree's Education.
(c) Winter Evenings at the Cabin.
(d) Granpa Learns to Read.

6. In the early chapters of the book, what kind of education is Little Tree receiving from his grandparents?
(a) An education about responsibility.
(b) A varied and practical education.
(c) An education about becoming a hunter.
(d) An education that is limited to the Cherokee way of life.

7. How is the reader made aware that Pa eventually gets very close to the Indians?
(a) He moves them closer to where he lives.
(b) He advises them on how to remain safe from the soldiers.
(c) He moves into their camp.
(d) He eventually marries one of the young daughters.

8. How does Granpa help Little Tree overcome feeling empty and sad after Ringer's death?
(a) He tells him to remember the good times with Ringer.
(b) He tells him he will feel better in a few days.
(c) He says the only way not to feel empty and sad is never to love anything, but then he will always feel sad and empty.
(d) He tells him to accept that Ringer is better off as he won't suffer anymore.

9. How does Granpa teach Little Tree respect for the small creatures in Chapter 8?
(a) To stay away from the spiders and the frogs.
(b) To set the spiders back in the ferns when they fall into the water.
(c) To catch the tadpoles and place them in a jar for safety.
(d) To avoid disturbing the frogs' songs by walking on tiptoes.

10. 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 Confederates against the government.
(b) He fights for the government against foreigners.
(c) He fights for the Indians against the soldiers.
(d) He fights for the Scottish army against the Americans.

11. How does Granpa help Little Tree to accept the death of Ringer after he is bludgeoned in the mountains?
(a) Granpa says Ringer dies knowing that Little Tree appreciates his help in the mountains.
(b) Granpa says Ringer is aware of being found and taken home so he dies feeling better.
(c) Granpa says Ringer knows his injuries are too serious so he accepts he has to die.
(d) Granpa says Ringer knows that his time has come so he dies happy.

12. In Chapter 6, how does the author explain that Pa knows Indians are around?
(a) He hears the Indians whispering in the mountains.
(b) He sees smoke signals across the mountain.
(c) After leaving certain items in the forest, he comes back to find a long Indian knife, a tomahawk and only some of what he left.
(d) He sees the remains of fires and cooked meat.

13. What is the Trail of Tears?
(a) The journey made by the Cherokee Nation when army soldiers force them to move to new lands.
(b) The journey towards the burial ground of the Cherokee.
(c) The path up the mountain where Cherokee go to mourn their dead.
(d) The journey made by Cherokee each year to commemorate the loss of their nation.

14. At the end of Chapter 2, how does Little Tree feel?
(a) Sympathy for the small animals.
(b) Overwhelmed.
(c) Pride.
(d) Satisfaction about being grown up.

15. In the narration, Little Tree says he discovers later on that Granma only read some parts of the stories about George Washington. What reason does Little Tree suggest for this?
(a) She thinks Granpa will get angry.
(b) She doesn't want to upset Little Tree.
(c) She doesn't want Little Tree exposed to violent stories.
(d) She wants Granpa to have someone to admire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Granma get books to read to Little Tree and Granpa?

2. What does the visitor in Chapter 7 do at dinner that tempts Little Tree to forget one of his lessons about taking things?

3. Why does the author cause Little Tree to be exposed to the Cherokee views about human nature at such an early age?

4. In Chapter 4, why does Little Tree feel grown-up?

5. In what special activity do Little Tree and his grandparents participate on weekend evenings during the winter?

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