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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, "Church-Going".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do religious and cultural beliefs cause Little Tree and the sharecropper's daughter to act negatively towards each other?
(a) Their beliefs cause them to remain on separate sides of the square at the settlement.
(b) Their beliefs cause them to avoid speaking to each other.
(c) Little Tree has been taught to distrust Christians, while the girl has been taught that Indians are lazy heathen savages.
(d) They dislike each other because they have different beliefs.

2. What do Little Tree and the sharecropper's daughter have in common?
(a) Both are being deprived of education.
(b) Both live off the land and have a strong sense of pride.
(c) Both are exposed to the challenges of being young in an adult world.
(d) Both are poor.

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

4. 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 made by Cherokee each year to commemorate the loss of their nation.
(c) The journey towards the burial ground of the Cherokee.
(d) The path up the mountain where Cherokee go to mourn their dead.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the best alternate title for Chapter 6?

2. At church, how does Granpa demonstrate his belief about the importance of self-sufficiency ?

3. In Chapter 16, what does the author suggest about the importance of the church teachings to Granpa and Little Tree?

4. How does the author demonstrate that despite being poor, the sharecropper is instilling pride in his daughter?

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

(see the answer key)

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