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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, "A Night on the Mountain".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Little Tree's innocence and trust lead him to lose his money?
(a) A calf owner convinces him to buy a sick calf that soon dies.
(b) Pine Billy encourages him to use the money in a scheme to make more money.
(c) The preacher encourages him to throw his extra money in the collection plate for the poor.
(d) The sharecropper pleads with him to give his daughter some money.

2. What does the visitor in Chapter 7 do at dinner that tempts Little Tree to forget one of his lessons about taking things?
(a) He takes three slices of Granma's sweet potato pie, and Little Tree silently craves the last slice.
(b) He brings only three small corns so Little Tree has to do without.
(c) He tells Little Tree he can have one of the corns, and Little Tree is tempted to take the biggest one.
(d) He wears bright yellow high-top shoes that Little Tree secretly craves.

3. As he goes up the trail, how does Little Tree become aware of "Mon-o-lah", the earth mother?
(a) Little Tree feels the earth mother through his special shoes.
(b) Little Tree sees the earth mother in a stream of water.
(c) Little Tree hears the earth mother whispering in the wind.
(d) Little Tree sees the earth mother in a cave.

4. How does Granpa make his living?
(a) Selling fish at the settlement store.
(b) Selling crops at the settlement store.
(c) Making and selling whiskey.
(d) Selling meat at the settlement store.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who guides the family when it comes to books, decisions and words?

2. In Chapter 7, why does Granpa say that Little Tree looks like he is becoming a man?

3. Why is it important for the author to reveal that Granpa and Granma have friends who visit them?

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

5. Which of the following is the best explanation for the author's inclusion of Granpa's story about the "Farm in the Clearing" in the novel?

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