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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. At church, how does Granpa demonstrate his belief about the importance of self-sufficiency ?
(a) When a family loses all their furniture in a fire, Granpa brings them a chair and shows the man how to make it himself.
(b) Granpa gives no one anything; instead he offers to teach them how to plow the land for food.
(c) Granpa brings whiskey for the poor so they can learn how to sell it and save extra money.
(d) Instead of giving people money, he offers to teach them how to make whiskey.

2. How do Granma and Granpa portray the 'Trail of Tears' for Little Tree?
(a) As an incident of fierce aggression by the Cherokee.
(b) As an incident of cruelty in which the Cherokee displayed pride.
(c) As an incident of cruelty from which the Cherokee never recovered.
(d) As an incident of shame and cowardice.

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

4. In Chapter 6, how does the author explain that Pa knows Indians are around?
(a) He sees smoke signals across the mountain.
(b) He hears the Indians whispering in the mountains.
(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. What is unusual about the type of church that Little Tree's family attends?
(a) The church is only open for services once per month.
(b) It is the only church so the preacher uses many different languages.
(c) The church only allows Cherokee to sit at the back.
(d) It is the only church so it services various faiths, including Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians and Church of Christ.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How is the reader made aware that Pa eventually gets very close to the Indians?

4. How do religious and cultural beliefs cause Little Tree and the sharecropper's daughter to act negatively towards each other?

5. What evidence is given in Chapter 16 that there is prejudice even in the church?

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