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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 would be the most appropriate alternate title for Chapter 4?
(a) Mountain Hunting.
(b) Little Tree Takes A Fox.
(c) The Fox outwits the Hounds.
(d) Granpa's Way of Hunting.

2. In Chapter 4, why does Little Tree feel grown-up?
(a) Granma gives him a deer shirt like Granpa's to wear.
(b) Granma teaches him to make his own shirt.
(c) He is allowed to prepare the food.
(d) Granpa lets him go up the trail by himself.

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

4. Why does the author show that important lessons for Little Tree come from Granma and not Granpa?
(a) To show that there is a bond between Granma and Little Tree that does not exist between Little Tree and Granpa.
(b) To show that Granpa has no spiritual side so Granma has to do it.
(c) To show that Granma is more knowledgeable about important things.
(d) To show that both his grandparents play equally important roles in shaping his development.

5. In Chapter 7, why does Granpa say that Little Tree looks like he is becoming a man?
(a) He is learning to farm and to plow although the work is difficult.
(b) He is learning to cook with Granma's herbs.
(c) He shows that he understands Granma's lessons about herbs.
(d) He begins to go out to the distant lands by himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What helps to determine whether Granpa and Granma light the coal oil lamp in the evenings during winter?

2. As he goes up the trail, how does Little Tree become aware of "Mon-o-lah", the earth mother?

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

4. What does Little Tree find interesting that makes him watch the umbrella spider for hours?

5. In Chapter 6, the author reveals that Pa becomes a warrior late in his life. For whom does he fight?

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