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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 reasons are given in Chapter 4 for Granpa to keep the hounds?
(a) To keep away the other Cherokee.
(b) To keep away people from the settlement.
(c) To protect Granma when she is alone.
(d) To guard the crops and cabin and to have fun fox-hunting.

2. How does Chapter 2 end?
(a) With a poem about the sunrise on the mountain.
(b) With a poem about the animals.
(c) With a poem about Mon-o-lah and The Way.
(d) With a poem about love of nature.

3. In Chapter 2, what is the most important lesson that Little Tree learns about nature?
(a) That only the strong will survive.
(b) That small creatures need to be protected by larger ones.
(c) That there is a sense of balance in nature.
(d) That the hawks help humans by killing dangerous animals.

4. What lesson does the author teach the reader in Chapter 6, based on how the Indians responded to the oppression by the soldiers?
(a) Oppressed people can remain strong and proud.
(b) The oppressed should surrender in order to save lives.
(c) The oppressed should fight back even if it causes more deaths.
(d) The oppressed will always turn against each other in order to escape death.

5. Granma accidentally reads about a law introduced by George Washington and this gets Granpa very angry. What law is this?
(a) A tax on Cherokee lands.
(b) A law to force Cherokees to live in modern houses.
(c) A tax on whiskey.
(d) A law to send all Cherokee children to orphanages for proper education.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two important characteristics of Granpa are revealed by the description of the fox and the hounds episode?

2. In Chapter 6, the author reveals that Pa becomes a warrior late in his life. For whom does he fight?

3. In the narration, Little Tree says he discovers later on that Granma only read some parts of the stories about George Washington. What reason does Little Tree suggest for this?

4. What is the name of the part of the mountain trail between the mountains where the trail becomes thinner?

5. What do Little Tree's grandparents reveal about the Cherokee style of passing on information and lessons from one generation to the other?

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