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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 Granpa teach Little Tree respect for the small creatures in Chapter 8?
(a) To avoid disturbing the frogs' songs by walking on tiptoes.
(b) To stay away from the spiders and the frogs.
(c) To catch the tadpoles and place them in a jar for safety.
(d) To set the spiders back in the ferns when they fall into the water.

2. How does the author demonstrate that despite being poor, the sharecropper is instilling pride in his daughter?
(a) The sharecropper tells Granpa to keep his grandson away from his daughter.
(b) The sharecropper chastises his daughter for talking to Little Tree.
(c) The sharecropper whips his daughter's legs and tells her to give back the moccasins Little Tree gives to her.
(d) The sharecropper forbids his daughter to speak to Little Tree.

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

4. Granma accidentally reads about a law introduced by George Washington and this gets Granpa very angry. What law is this?
(a) A tax on whiskey.
(b) A tax on Cherokee lands.
(c) A law to send all Cherokee children to orphanages for proper education.
(d) A law to force Cherokees to live in modern houses.

5. What reasons are given in Chapter 4 for Granpa to keep the hounds?
(a) To guard the crops and cabin and to have fun fox-hunting.
(b) To keep away people from the settlement.
(c) To protect Granma when she is alone.
(d) To keep away the other Cherokee.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Little Tree planning to do with the extra coins he is keeping in his pocket from his savings?

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

4. Which character comes to visit the family in Chapter 7?

5. What does Little Tree learn about Granpa when he hears him say "I kin ye Bonnie Bee"?

(see the answer key)

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