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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 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 do better than others.
(b) Granpa teaches Little Tree that people who store and take more than their share contribute to wars, land-grabbing and changing nature's ways.
(c) Granpa says that people who take more than their share cause jealousy.
(d) Granpa says that people who take more than their share cause others to starve.

2. Which books are Granma's favorites to read?
(a) Bible stories.
(b) Books with poems and songs about children.
(c) Shakespeare's plays.
(d) Books about the Cherokees.

3. How does the author reveal Granpa's sense of humor even during this dangerous adventure?
(a) He makes up a funny song about their escape.
(b) Granpa jokes that as soon as he lies down, Granma lifts her skirt and tries to seduce him.
(c) He makes up a funny poem about their escape.
(d) He encourages Little Tree to have a good laugh and forget the whole incident.

4. How do the visitor's ambitions contrast with the values of Granpa and Granma?
(a) The visitor wants to get easy money but Granpa and Granma know they own inherited land so they need no schemes to get rich.
(b) The visitor wants money but Granma and Granpa don't want to be rich, they just want to protect Little Tree's inheritance.
(c) The visitor wants quick riches but Granpa and Granma prefer to get rich by selling crops.
(d) The visitor is intent on getting rich while Granpa and Granma have no interest in having more than they need to survive.

5. In Chapter 7, Little Tree's grandparents place emphasis on teaching him some more very important skills. Why do they do this?
(a) They want to make sure he will be a good father.
(b) They want to make sure he will be able to take care of them soon.
(c) They want to make sure he learns about his tribe's habits.
(d) They are making sure that Little Tree learns enough to be self-sufficient off the land.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author establish Granma's resourcefulness in Chapter 12?

2. Little Tree's bed is made of what material?

3. What is Little Tree learning from the way in which Granma and Granpa deal with any extra money that they get from the whiskey?

4. In what special activity do Little Tree and his grandparents participate on weekend evenings during the winter?

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

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