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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) There is no writing system so valuable information is lost.
(b) They use a special writing system.
(c) They use symbols on caves.
(d) They use the oral tradition in which stories are used to pass on information.

2. Which of the following is the best alternate title for Chapter 6?
(a) Escape.
(b) Understanding the Past.
(c) The Lost People.
(d) Survival of the Strong.

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

4. 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) He sees the remains of fires and cooked meat.
(d) 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the news heard in Chapter 11, what is causing people in New York to die?

2. Referring to people who like to take and give handouts, what similarity does Granpa describe between some people and some countries?

3. According to his grandparents, why is it important for Little Tree to learn about his past?

4. What is the Trail of Tears?

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

(see the answer key)

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