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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18, "Down From the Mountain".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 the cabin.
(b) If they want a ride home.
(c) The way to Chattanooga.
(d) The way to the church.

2. How does Granpa help Little Tree relate the lessons about nature to the behavior of some people?
(a) Granpa says that people who take more than their share do better than others.
(b) Granpa says that people who take more than their share cause others to starve.
(c) Granpa teaches Little Tree that people who store and take more than their share contribute to wars, land-grabbing and changing nature's ways.
(d) Granpa says that people who take more than their share cause jealousy.

3. According to Little Tree, why do the white mountain men in the area respect Granpa?
(a) Because he is knowledgeable about the mountains.
(b) For the lessons he teaches Little Tree.
(c) For his skills at trailing animals and his sense of instinct.
(d) For his love of nature.

4. What is the importance of the way Chapter 12 ends?
(a) To demonstrate that everyone in the family has an important role.
(b) To demonstrate that the Cherokee way of life has serious dangers.
(c) To demonstrate how grave danger has cemented the bonds among the members of the family.
(d) To demonstrate that time is running out for the family.

5. How does Little Tree's innocence and trust lead him to lose his money?
(a) The preacher encourages him to throw his extra money in the collection plate for the poor.
(b) Pine Billy encourages him to use the money in a scheme to make more money.
(c) A calf owner convinces him to buy a sick calf that soon dies.
(d) The sharecropper pleads with him to give his daughter some money.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Chapter 2 end?

2. What is the difference between the author's portrayal of the visitor in Chapter 7 and the way in which the innocent Little Tree views him?

3. Why does Granpa object to people who age whiskey?

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

5. What is Little Tree learning from the way in which Granma and Granpa deal with any extra money that they get from the whiskey?

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