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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 Pa say farewell to Granpa when he is dying?
(a) He tells Granpa it is time to surrender and end the fighting.
(b) He reminds Granpa about kin and the fact that the mountains will not change and Pa tells him how much he cares for him.
(c) He tells Granpa to remember his heritage and pass it on to other Cherokee.
(d) He tells Granpa to continue to fight for the Nation.

2. How does Granpa help Little Tree relate the lessons about nature to the behavior of some people?
(a) Granpa says that people who take more than their share cause jealousy.
(b) Granpa says that people who take more than their share cause others to starve.
(c) Granpa teaches Little Tree that people who store and take more than their share contribute to wars, land-grabbing and changing nature's ways.
(d) Granpa says that people who take more than their share do better than others.

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

4. According to Chapter 3, how does Granpa feel about politicians and authority figures?
(a) Granpa is afraid of politicians and authority figures.
(b) Granpa does not like politicians and authority figures.
(c) Granpa likes to hear about politicians and authority figures.
(d) Granpa believes politicians and authority figures are necessary to keep order.

5. In the narration, Little Tree says he discovers later on that Granma only read some parts of the stories about George Washington. What reason does Little Tree suggest for this?
(a) She doesn't want to upset Little Tree.
(b) She doesn't want Little Tree exposed to violent stories.
(c) She thinks Granpa will get angry.
(d) She wants Granpa to have someone to admire.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Granma, what happens to people who use the body-living mind for greedy purposes?

2. According to the news heard in Chapter 11, what is causing people in New York to die?

3. Where does Granma get books to read to Little Tree and Granpa?

4. What does the woman in the black car ask when she stops Little Tree and Granpa on their way back from the settlement?

5. How does the driver of the vehicle who takes Little Tree to his new home treat Granma and Granpa?

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