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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, "I Kin Ye, Bonnie Bee".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 2, how does Little Tree feel?
(a) Satisfaction about being grown up.
(b) Overwhelmed.
(c) Sympathy for the small animals.
(d) Pride.

2. How old is Little Tree when the novel begins?
(a) Six years old.
(b) Five years old.
(c) Nine years old.
(d) Seven years old.

3. Little Tree's bed is made of what material?
(a) Dried grass.
(b) A large flat board covered with sheets.
(c) Old cloths stuffed in a large bag.
(d) Deer hide stretched on a frame of hickory posts.

4. According to Granpa's story, why did his father's friend enter the church with a pistol?
(a) He has lost his home and family.
(b) The people in the church have been saying bad things about him.
(c) Because having fought battles all his life and lost everything, he has nothing more to fight about.
(d) He believes the preacher's sermon is against him.

5. Why is there some truth in Granpa's belief that the way people sound when they talk can be more important than the words they use?
(a) Because words have many different meanings.
(b) Because people, like politicians, sometimes use words to trick others.
(c) Because some people don't know the meanings of the words they use.
(d) Because people tell lies using misleading words.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Little Tree set the coal oil can down when the lady in the black car speaks to them?

3. In the mountains in Chapter 2, what does Little Tree see Tal-con doing?

4. At the end of Chapter 1, what kind of house is Little Tree taken to by his grandparents?

5. What would be the most appropriate alternate title for Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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