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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, "Granpa's Trade".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Little Tree's grandparents reveal about the Cherokee style of passing on information and lessons from one generation to the other?
(a) They use a special writing system.
(b) They use symbols on caves.
(c) There is no writing system so valuable information is lost.
(d) They use the oral tradition in which stories are used to pass on information.

2. Which of the following best describes the main theme of Chapter 2?
(a) A young boy learns to appreciate nature.
(b) Granpa shares his knowledge about hunting.
(c) A young boy learns to survive in the mountains.
(d) How animals survive in the wild.

3. Why is the lady in the black car frustrated by Granpa's answer?
(a) She thinks Granpa is being rude.
(b) She thinks Granpa is a foreigner.
(c) She thinks Granpa is deaf.
(d) Granpa directs them toward a mountain, due west.

4. Why does Little Tree set the coal oil can down when the lady in the black car speaks to them?
(a) Because Granpa teaches him that when spoken to, he should give full attention out of respect.
(b) Because it is beginning to spill oil.
(c) Because it is getting heavy.
(d) To avoid the smell.

5. Which three people does Little Tree learn about from Granpa's stories in Chapter 5?
(a) An uncle who gets in trouble with women, granpa's pa and Coon Jack.
(b) Uncle Coon, Papa Jack and Pa.
(c) Uncle, Pa and Bonnie Bee.
(d) Jack, Papa and Uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Pa say farewell to Granpa when he is dying?

2. Whose scent does Granpa expect the hounds to pick up to start the hunt in Chapter 4?

3. According to Granma, why are secret places so important?

4. Why doesn't Granma scold Little Tree for getting wet in the woods?

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?

(see the answer key)

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