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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, "To Know The Past".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what special activity do Little Tree and his grandparents participate on weekend evenings during the winter?
(a) They make rugs from the deer hide.
(b) Granma reads to Little Tree and Granpa.
(c) They roast chestnuts in the fireplace.
(d) They go to church.

3. In Chapter 6, how does the author explain that Pa knows Indians are around?
(a) He sees the remains of fires and cooked meat.
(b) He sees smoke signals across the mountain.
(c) 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.
(d) He hears the Indians whispering in the mountains.

4. 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.

5. Who guides the family when it comes to books, decisions and words?
(a) The librarian.
(b) Pa.
(c) Granpa.
(d) Granma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Granma make for Little Tree to wear for his first walk up the trail with Granpa?

2. In Chapter 2, how does Little Tree demonstrate that he has learned Granpa's lesson about nature's ways?

3. Which books are Granma's favorites to read?

4. What does the woman in the black car ask when she stops Little Tree and Granpa on their way back from the settlement?

5. In Chapter 2, what is the most important lesson that Little Tree learns about nature?

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