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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. At the beginning of the chapter "The Farm in the Clearing", what inhuman scene does Granpa describe to Little Tree?
(a) He sees soldiers abusing the children.
(b) He sees a man beating a woman and two children.
(c) He sees a man with a stump for a leg being beaten by soldiers.
(d) He sees a man and woman wearing leather harnesses and pulling a plow like mules.

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

3. Whose scent does Granpa expect the hounds to pick up to start the hunt in Chapter 4?
(a) Ol' Slipper, the fox.
(b) Ol' Slick, the fox.
(c) Ol' Trickster, the fox.
(d) Ol' Runner, the fox.

4. How does Granpa help Little Tree to accept the death of Ringer after he is bludgeoned in the mountains?
(a) Granpa says Ringer knows that his time has come so he dies happy.
(b) Granpa says Ringer is aware of being found and taken home so he dies feeling better.
(c) Granpa says Ringer knows his injuries are too serious so he accepts he has to die.
(d) Granpa says Ringer dies knowing that Little Tree appreciates his help in the mountains.

5. How does Granpa's disposal of the whiskey demonstrate that he is observing the lessons he teaches Little Tree about nature's ways?
(a) He gives away most of the whiskey he makes.
(b) He keeps the whiskey in case of snake bites.
(c) He only makes a small amount of whiskey.
(d) He sells the whiskey for just a little more than what they need to get by.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the best alternate title for Chapter 6?

2. Why does Mr. Wine light a candle at a special time?

3. When Little Tree demonstrates that he has learned the lessons about nature, what name does Granpa say he would give him if he didn't have a name already?

4. What reasons are given in Chapter 4 for Granpa to keep the hounds?

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

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