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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. What do Little Tree's grandparents reveal about the Cherokee style of passing on information and lessons from one generation to the other?
(a) They use the oral tradition in which stories are used to pass on information.
(b) They use a special writing system.
(c) There is no writing system so valuable information is lost.
(d) They use symbols on caves.

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

3. How does the author demonstrate that despite being poor, the sharecropper is instilling pride in his daughter?
(a) The sharecropper forbids his daughter to speak to Little Tree.
(b) The sharecropper whips his daughter's legs and tells her to give back the moccasins Little Tree gives to her.
(c) The sharecropper tells Granpa to keep his grandson away from his daughter.
(d) The sharecropper chastises his daughter for talking to Little Tree.

4. Referring to people who like to take and give handouts, what similarity does Granpa describe between some people and some countries?
(a) He says people who like to give charity are like some countries who help other countries and then run their affairs.
(b) He says some people who take handouts are like some countries that depend on other countries like dogs.
(c) He says some countries treat other countries like dogs because they give them handouts.
(d) He says people who take and give handouts are like some countries that like people to be dependent on them so they can treat them like dogs.

5. How do the Cherokee who escape from the soldiers into the hollows survive?
(a) They journey to the neighboring village and set up a camp.
(b) They live off fishing, wild game and sweet root and stay as silent as they can to avoid detection.
(c) They hide on the other side of the mountain and survive by hunting deer.
(d) They live in caves and survive by fishing in the nearby creek.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 6, how does the author explain that Pa knows Indians are around?

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

5. What do Little Tree and the sharecropper's daughter have in common?

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