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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is this visitor in Chapter 7 hoping to become rich?
(a) Through a reward from the police for turning in a stolen black car.
(b) Through a prize in a competition at the settlement.
(c) By winning a writing competition and through a reward for alerting the police to the existence of a big criminal.
(d) By selling a large piece of land to the government and then earn interest at the bank.

2. Why does the author provide signs of racism in this first chapter of the book?
(a) Because it's the only time it happens.
(b) Because Little Tree's family are freedom fighters.
(c) Because the Cherokees constantly practice racism.
(d) To foreshadow more serious instances of racism that will occur later.

3. How does Granpa make his living?
(a) Making and selling whiskey.
(b) Selling crops at the settlement store.
(c) Selling meat at the settlement store.
(d) Selling fish at the settlement store.

4. Which character comes to visit the family in Chapter 7?
(a) The lady from the big, black car.
(b) The sharecropper.
(c) Pine Billy.
(d) The preacher.

5. According to Granpa's story, why did his father's friend enter the church with a pistol?
(a) He believes the preacher's sermon is against him.
(b) Because having fought battles all his life and lost everything, he has nothing more to fight about.
(c) The people in the church have been saying bad things about him.
(d) He has lost his home and family.

6. What does the reader learn about Granpa from his reaction to the lady in the black car who is rude to him?
(a) He has a very bad temper.
(b) He is able to maintain his dignity even when treated badly.
(c) He is afraid of people who insult others.
(d) He does not understand insults.

7. 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 believes politicians and authority figures are necessary to keep order.
(d) Granpa likes to hear about politicians and authority figures.

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

9. What is the unique mark on Granpa's whiskey jar?
(a) A mark shaped like a tomahawk.
(b) A mark to remind him of his Scottish ancestry.
(c) A mark shaped like the whiskey still.
(d) A mark shaped like the fox.

10. As he goes up the trail, how does Little Tree become aware of "Mon-o-lah", the earth mother?
(a) Little Tree sees the earth mother in a cave.
(b) Little Tree hears the earth mother whispering in the wind.
(c) Little Tree sees the earth mother in a stream of water.
(d) Little Tree feels the earth mother through his special shoes.

11. In Chapter 7, why does Granpa say that Little Tree looks like he is becoming a man?
(a) He shows that he understands Granma's lessons about herbs.
(b) He is learning to cook with Granma's herbs.
(c) He is learning to farm and to plow although the work is difficult.
(d) He begins to go out to the distant lands by himself.

12. How do the Cherokee who escape from the soldiers into the hollows survive?
(a) They live in caves and survive by fishing in the nearby creek.
(b) They journey to the neighboring village and set up a camp.
(c) They hide on the other side of the mountain and survive by hunting deer.
(d) They live off fishing, wild game and sweet root and stay as silent as they can to avoid detection.

13. Why does Little Tree set the coal oil can down when the lady in the black car speaks to them?
(a) Because it is getting heavy.
(b) Because it is beginning to spill oil.
(c) To avoid the smell.
(d) Because Granpa teaches him that when spoken to, he should give full attention out of respect.

14. Which of the following best describes the main theme of Chapter 2?
(a) A young boy learns to survive in the mountains.
(b) How animals survive in the wild.
(c) A young boy learns to appreciate nature.
(d) Granpa shares his knowledge about hunting.

15. In Chapter 1, what does Little Tree's description of the woods around his new home reveal about his attitude to the surroundings?
(a) He hates the sound of the wind but he likes the whispering wind.
(b) He is longing for his old surroundings.
(c) He finds the surroundings strange.
(d) The sights and sounds terrify him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is there some truth in Granpa's belief that the way people sound when they talk can be more important than the words they use?

2. Which of the following best describes the theme of the opening chapter?

3. In his reaction to this visitor, what characteristics does Little Tree display that he will have to overcome in order to avoid difficulties with some people outside his family?

4. From the incident with the black car, what is revealed about Granpa's attitude towards words?

5. What is the Hangin' Gap?

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