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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 would be the most appropriate alternate title for Chapter 4?
(a) Mountain Hunting.
(b) Little Tree Takes A Fox.
(c) The Fox outwits the Hounds.
(d) Granpa's Way of Hunting.
2. 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 a special writing system.
(b) There is no writing system so valuable information is lost.
(c) They use symbols on caves.
(d) They use the oral tradition in which stories are used to pass on information.
3. Why is there some truth in Granpa's belief that the way people sound when they talk can be more important than the words they use?
(a) Because people, like politicians, sometimes use words to trick others.
(b) Because some people don't know the meanings of the words they use.
(c) Because words have many different meanings.
(d) Because people tell lies using misleading words.
4. How does Granpa help Little Tree relate the lessons about nature to the behavior of some people?
(a) Granpa teaches Little Tree that people who store and take more than their share contribute to wars, land-grabbing and changing nature's ways.
(b) Granpa says that people who take more than their share cause others to starve.
(c) Granpa says that people who take more than their share cause jealousy.
(d) Granpa says that people who take more than their share do better than others.
5. According to Granpa's joke, why is Ti-bi robbed by the bear, the coon and the Cherokee?
(a) For taking more than he needs from nature.
(b) Because he leaves his surroundings unprotected.
(c) Because he eats too much and falls asleep.
(d) Because he does not watch out for the hawk.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what special activity do Little Tree and his grandparents participate on weekend evenings during the winter?
2. What does Little Tree mean when he says that Granpa has a "sense of instinct"?
3. In the mountains in Chapter 2, what does Little Tree see Tal-con doing?
4. According to Little Tree, why do the white mountain men in the area respect Granpa?
5. Which of the following is the best alternate title for Chapter 6?
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