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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 dangerous adventure gives Chapter 12 its title?
(a) Little Tree is bitten by a rattlesnake.
(b) Granpa is bitten by a rattlesnake from which he rescues Little Tree.
(c) Little Tree is bitten by a bear.
(d) Granpa is bitten by a bear.

2. Who does Granpa ask about the law that made him angry?
(a) The owner of the supply store at the settlement.
(b) A man who gives them a car ride from the settlement.
(c) The man at the settlement who pulls teeth.
(d) The librarian.

3. 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 cause jealousy.
(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 do better than others.
(d) Granpa teaches Little Tree that people who store and take more than their share contribute to wars, land-grabbing and changing nature's ways.

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) The oppressed should fight back even if it causes more deaths.
(b) Oppressed people can remain strong and proud.
(c) The oppressed should surrender in order to save lives.
(d) The oppressed will always turn against each other in order to escape death.

5. Why is it important for the author to reveal that Granpa and Granma have friends who visit them?
(a) To make it clear that Little Tree is kept away from adults who are not Cherokee.
(b) To make it clear that Little Tree is being protected.
(c) To make it clear that everyone is not racially prejudiced.
(d) To make it clear that Little Tree's grandparents are not bringing him up in a way that isolates him from other people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most important lesson that Little Tree learns from the stories heard in Chapter 5?

2. What reason does Granpa suggest as the only logical explanation for this law of George Washington's that makes him so angry?

3. Where does Granma get books to read to Little Tree and Granpa?

4. In Chapter 12, how does the author demonstrate Granpa's respect for the animals?

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

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