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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Pa say farewell to Granpa when he is dying?
(a) He reminds Granpa about kin and the fact that the mountains will not change and Pa tells him how much he cares for him.
(b) He tells Granpa it is time to surrender and end the fighting.
(c) He tells Granpa to remember his heritage and pass it on to other Cherokee.
(d) He tells Granpa to continue to fight for the Nation.

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

4. What can the reader deduce about the author's intention in describing Cherokee beliefs and values in Chapter 8?
(a) He intends to ridicule the Cherokee's beliefs.
(b) He intends to show that the Cherokee beliefs and values will make Little Tree feel like an outsider.
(c) He intends to show how different the Cherokee beliefs are from American beliefs.
(d) He intends to be respectful of the Cherokee beliefs and values.

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

6. 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 Little Tree is getting older and facing new challenges.
(b) Because Granpa knows that a politician will be visiting.
(c) Because Granpa knows that there is trouble coming.
(d) Because shortly after the reminder, Little Tree is tricked by a "Christian" using misleading words.

7. How does Chapter 2 end?
(a) With a poem about the sunrise on the mountain.
(b) With a poem about love of nature.
(c) With a poem about Mon-o-lah and The Way.
(d) With a poem about the animals.

8. What does Little Tree find interesting that makes him watch the umbrella spider for hours?
(a) How the spider outwits and eats several flies.
(b) How the spider crawls back to the same place repeatedly.
(c) How persistent the spider is in building a wide web across ferns, even though it keeps falling into the water.
(d) How the spider climbs out of the water.

9. 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 Cherokee lands.
(c) A tax on whiskey.
(d) A law to force Cherokees to live in modern houses.

10. When Little Tree demonstrates that he has learned the lessons about nature, what name does Granpa say he would give him if he didn't have a name already?
(a) Little Bee.
(b) Little Hawk.
(c) Little Cherokee.
(d) Little Bear.

11. What helps to determine whether Granpa and Granma light the coal oil lamp in the evenings during winter?
(a) The cost of a nickel to fill the coal oil lamp.
(b) The time when the sun sets.
(c) The time when they go to bed.
(d) The weather.

12. What is the Hangin' Gap?
(a) The gap between the two mountains.
(b) The place where Cherokees hang those who steal animals.
(c) The space between two streams in the mountain.
(d) A creek in the thin part of the trail.

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

14. What two important characteristics of Granpa are revealed by the description of the fox and the hounds episode?
(a) Grandpa's great ability to catch foxes and control the hounds.
(b) Granpa's speed and agility.
(c) His immense respect for nature and animals and his sense of humor.
(d) Granpa's love for swimming and diving.

15. Why does the author cause Little Tree to be exposed to the Cherokee views about human nature at such an early age?
(a) To help Little Tree understand things in case Granpa and Granma die.
(b) To prepare him for future events in which he will see the good and evil in human nature.
(c) He wants Little Tree to know very early about the superstitious beliefs that he should avoid.
(d) To show Little Tree that there is more depth in Granma than there is in Granpa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Granma scold Little Tree for getting wet in the woods?

2. Whose scent does Granpa expect the hounds to pick up to start the hunt in Chapter 4?

3. Why does Granpa enjoy hunting even though he has never killed a fox in his life?

4. At the end of Chapter 1, what kind of house is Little Tree taken to by his grandparents?

5. Where does Granma get books to read to Little Tree and Granpa?

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