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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, "A Dangerous Adventure".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the woman in the black car ask when she stops Little Tree and Granpa on their way back from the settlement?
(a) The way to Chattanooga.
(b) The way to the cabin.
(c) The way to the church.
(d) If they want a ride home.

3. What is Little Tree planning to do with the extra coins he is keeping in his pocket from his savings?
(a) Buy a hat for Granpa.
(b) Buy a dictionary to learn new words.
(c) Buy candy for the sharecropper's daughter.
(d) Buy a candy box for Granma's Christmas present.

4. How does the author use contrast to show different lifestyles and characters in Chapter 7?
(a) The author contrasts the plow with the fast black car driven by the visitor.
(b) The author describes the routine, laborious work on the land and later shows readers a colorful visitor talking about cars, criminals and money-making schemes.
(c) The author brings the excited policeman dressed in his city clothes into the cabin where everyone is calm and dressed in traditional clothes.
(d) The author describes the mountain and then changes the setting to the busy square at the settlement.

5. What helps to determine whether Granpa and Granma light the coal oil lamp in the evenings during winter?
(a) The cost of a nickel to fill the coal oil lamp.
(b) The time when the sun sets.
(c) The time when they go to bed.
(d) The weather.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, Little Tree's grandparents place emphasis on teaching him some more very important skills. Why do they do this?

2. What dangerous adventure gives Chapter 12 its title?

3. What would be the most appropriate alternate title for Chapter 5?

4. How does the author establish Granma's resourcefulness in Chapter 12?

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

(see the answer key)

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