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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 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) The policeman who investigates the claim made by the visitor about an alleged criminal.

2. Which of the following would be the best alternate title for Chapter 3?
(a) Family Circles.
(b) Winter Evenings at the Cabin.
(c) Granpa Learns to Read.
(d) Little Tree's Education.

3. Which three people does Little Tree learn about from Granpa's stories in Chapter 5?
(a) An uncle who gets in trouble with women, granpa's pa and Coon Jack.
(b) Jack, Papa and Uncle.
(c) Uncle Coon, Papa Jack and Pa.
(d) Uncle, Pa and Bonnie Bee.

4. How is the reader made aware that Pa eventually gets very close to the Indians?
(a) He moves them closer to where he lives.
(b) He eventually marries one of the young daughters.
(c) He advises them on how to remain safe from the soldiers.
(d) He moves into their camp.

5. What is Little Tree's responsibility in producing the whiskey?
(a) He helps to stir and clean the pot.
(b) He helps to bottle the whiskey.
(c) He helps to pour the sugar in the whiskey.
(d) He helps to carry the whiskey to the store.

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 is able to maintain his dignity even when treated badly.
(b) He does not understand insults.
(c) He is afraid of people who insult others.
(d) He has a very bad temper.

7. What is Granpa's reason for taking Little Tree on this walk up the trail?
(a) To teach him how to hunt.
(b) To expose him to the animals and teach him "The Way".
(c) To show him the bees at work.
(d) To show him the way up to the mountains so he can see the sunrise.

8. What is the name of the part of the mountain trail between the mountains where the trail becomes thinner?
(a) Narrow Trail.
(b) LittleTrail.
(c) The Narrows.
(d) Thinning Trail.

9. Whose scent does Granpa expect the hounds to pick up to start the hunt in Chapter 4?
(a) Ol' Runner, the fox.
(b) Ol' Slick, the fox.
(c) Ol' Trickster, the fox.
(d) Ol' Slipper, the fox.

10. Why is it significant that Granpa reminds Little Tree in Chapter 10 about the importance of paying attention to people's tone and not just their words?
(a) Because Granpa knows that there is trouble coming.
(b) Because shortly after the reminder, Little Tree is tricked by a "Christian" using misleading words.
(c) Because Granpa knows that a politician will be visiting.
(d) Because Little Tree is getting older and facing new challenges.

11. How is Granpa's approach to making whiskey different from that of the "city criminals" who just want to make money?
(a) Granpa puts nothing in his whiskey to increase volume while others add various substances to increase the volume.
(b) Granpa only uses lye to increase the volume.
(c) Granpa only uses water to increase the volume.
(d) Granpa only uses sugar to increase the volume.

12. What does Little Tree mean when he says that Granpa has a "sense of instinct"?
(a) That Granpa is able to smell the animals from far away.
(b) That Granpa has common sense.
(c) That Granpa has a natural ability to understand what is going on among the animals during the chase.
(d) That Granpa knows the trail very well.

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 beginning to spill oil.
(b) Because it is getting heavy.
(c) Because Granpa teaches him that when spoken to, he should give full attention out of respect.
(d) To avoid the smell.

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

15. How does the author reveal that the policeman might be wrong to put the driver of the black car in jail?
(a) The policeman throws the driver of the car in jail for saying he is from Chicago when the license plate says Illinois, but Chicago is in Illinois.
(b) The policeman does not read the driver his rights.
(c) The policeman does not allow the driver to explain himself properly.
(d) The policeman takes the visitor's word that the driver is speeding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Little Tree learn about Granpa when he hears him say "I kin ye Bonnie Bee"?

2. In Little Tree's new home, what is the "dogtrot"?

3. How does Granpa make his living?

4. In Chapter 10 how does the author demonstrate that Little Tree has a conscience?

5. How does Granpa help Little Tree relate the lessons about nature to the behavior of some people?

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