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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20, "Home Again".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Little Tree learn about Granpa when he hears him say "I kin ye Bonnie Bee"?
(a) That Granma is a good worker.
(b) That Granma takes care of the bees.
(c) That Granpa will take care of Granma.
(d) Little Tree learns of the love and understanding that Granpa has for Granma.

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

3. How do religious and cultural beliefs cause Little Tree and the sharecropper's daughter to act negatively towards each other?
(a) They dislike each other because they have different beliefs.
(b) Little Tree has been taught to distrust Christians, while the girl has been taught that Indians are lazy heathen savages.
(c) Their beliefs cause them to avoid speaking to each other.
(d) Their beliefs cause them to remain on separate sides of the square at the settlement.

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

5. Who is Smokehouse and what role does he play in Chapter 7?
(a) A half-Cherokee who burns wood for the coal oil lamp.
(b) The policeman who investigates the claim made by the visitor about an alleged criminal.
(c) The partner who works with the visitor to write the entry for the competition.
(d) The friend who gives the visitor a ride to the cabin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author reveal Granpa's sense of humor even during this dangerous adventure?

2. Which of the following best describes the main theme of Chapter 2?

3. Why is Wilburn, the boy at the orphanage, as much of an outcast as Little Tree is?

4. What is unusual about the type of church that Little Tree's family attends?

5. What evidence is given in Chapter 16 that there is prejudice even in the church?

(see the answer key)

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