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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 important part does Mr. Wine play in the education of Little Tree?
(a) He teaches Little Tree how to taste wine.
(b) He teaches Little Tree how to fix clocks.
(c) He teaches Little Tree about Jewish history.
(d) He teaches Little Tree how to tell time, how to solve math problems and how to be thrifty.

2. According to his grandparents, why is it important for Little Tree to learn about his past?
(a) Because it will help him understand the Cherokee ways.
(b) Because he will have to teach his own children about the past.
(c) So he will know about his relatives.
(d) Because without understanding his past, he will not understand his future.

3. In Chapter 10 how does the author demonstrate that Little Tree has a conscience?
(a) He gives Mr. Jenkins the unopened candy he finds on the floor.
(b) He feels bad to accept candy from Mr. Jenkins just for taking up woodchips.
(c) He gives back coins to Granpa that he finds in the kitchen.
(d) He tells Mr.Jenkins that one bottle of whiskey is not filled up right.

4. What does Little Tree mean when he says that Granpa has a "sense of instinct"?
(a) That Granpa has common sense.
(b) That Granpa is able to smell the animals from far away.
(c) That Granpa knows the trail very well.
(d) That Granpa has a natural ability to understand what is going on among the animals during the chase.

5. What is the name of the part of the mountain trail between the mountains where the trail becomes thinner?
(a) Thinning Trail.
(b) The Narrows.
(c) Narrow Trail.
(d) LittleTrail.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the preacher make Granpa angry in some of his sermons?

3. Who is Smokehouse and what role does he play in Chapter 7?

4. How is Granpa's approach to making whiskey different from that of the "city criminals" who just want to make money?

5. What is Granpa's reason for taking Little Tree on this walk up the trail?

(see the answer key)

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