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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. How does the author create sympathy in the reader for Willow John?
(a) He describes Willow John as a broken man.
(b) He describes how Willow John stays away from everyone and looks sad.
(c) He describes how there are always tears in his eyes when he speaks about the Nation.
(d) He describes his silence about the lost Nation and his sad eyes that suggest his thoughts are far away.

2. How does Granma respond when Little Tree gives her musk bugs?
(a) She gathers them in a bottle to make the cabin smell good.
(b) She is frightened and asks him to take them away.
(c) She calls Granpa to complain about what Little Tree has done.
(d) She praises Little Tree for spreading good by sharing whatever good one finds.

3. What is Little Tree planning to do with the extra coins he is keeping in his pocket from his savings?
(a) Buy candy for the sharecropper's daughter.
(b) Buy a dictionary to learn new words.
(c) Buy a candy box for Granma's Christmas present.
(d) Buy a hat for Granpa.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Granma make for Little Tree to wear for his first walk up the trail with Granpa?

2. How is Granpa's approach to making whiskey different from that of the "city criminals" who just want to make money?

3. How do the two men from Chattanooga make fun of Little Tree?

4. Why does Little Tree describe Fall as nature's grace time?

5. What is Granpa's reason for taking Little Tree on this walk up the trail?

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