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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 4, why does Little Tree feel grown-up?
(a) Granpa lets him go up the trail by himself.
(b) He is allowed to prepare the food.
(c) Granma teaches him to make his own shirt.
(d) Granma gives him a deer shirt like Granpa's to wear.

2. Why does Granpa want Little Tree to learn his trade when he is only six-years-old?
(a) Because Little Tree is smart enough to learn.
(b) Because Little Tree should be kept from being idle.
(c) Because he is growing old and Little Tree will soon have to take over.
(d) Because even if Little Tree switches trades later, he will always have something to fall back on.

3. According to Granma, why are secret places so important?
(a) They allow each person to read in a quiet place.
(b) They allow each person to hide away when faced with danger.
(c) They nurture each individual's spirit body.
(d) They allow each person to pray.

4. Why does the author show that important lessons for Little Tree come from Granma and not Granpa?
(a) To show that both his grandparents play equally important roles in shaping his development.
(b) To show that there is a bond between Granma and Little Tree that does not exist between Little Tree and Granpa.
(c) To show that Granma is more knowledgeable about important things.
(d) To show that Granpa has no spiritual side so Granma has to do it.

5. How does Granpa's disposal of the whiskey demonstrate that he is observing the lessons he teaches Little Tree about nature's ways?
(a) He gives away most of the whiskey he makes.
(b) He keeps the whiskey in case of snake bites.
(c) He only makes a small amount of whiskey.
(d) He sells the whiskey for just a little more than what they need to get by.

6. How does Granpa dispose of the whiskey he makes?
(a) He keeps most of it and sells the rest to the store.
(b) He gives away half and sells half.
(c) He sells most of it, keeps some, and gives away the rest.
(d) He sells nine gallons to a store and keeps two gallons for use at home.

7. What is the most important lesson that Little Tree learns from the stories heard in Chapter 5?
(a) That Granpa almost went to Chattanooga.
(b) That "kin" is all about the love and understanding between some people.
(c) That he has many relatives.
(d) The bad effects of fighting.

8. How does Little Tree's innocence and trust lead him to lose his money?
(a) Pine Billy encourages him to use the money in a scheme to make more money.
(b) The preacher encourages him to throw his extra money in the collection plate for the poor.
(c) A calf owner convinces him to buy a sick calf that soon dies.
(d) The sharecropper pleads with him to give his daughter some money.

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

10. From the incident with the black car, what is revealed about Granpa's attitude towards words?
(a) Granpa finds words helpful in understanding other people.
(b) Granpa thinks there are too many words and he prefers the sound of speech rather than the words used.
(c) Granpa wants Little Tree to learn many new words.
(d) Granpa is eager to learn new words.

11. Why does Granma describe some people in the world as "dead"?
(a) They are cruel to women and abuse nature.
(b) They have no spirit-mind so they only see dirty if they look at a woman and they fail to see beauty in nature.
(c) They are only interested in oppressing others.
(d) They are only interested in material things.

12. Where does Granma get books to read to Little Tree and Granpa?
(a) Granma reads books that Little Tree brought with him from his parents' home.
(b) Little Tree and Granpa collect them from the library at the settlement.
(c) Granma reads books that Little Tree brings them from the school at the settlement.
(d) Granma buys books at the settlement store.

13. What does the visitor in Chapter 7 do at dinner that tempts Little Tree to forget one of his lessons about taking things?
(a) He wears bright yellow high-top shoes that Little Tree secretly craves.
(b) He takes three slices of Granma's sweet potato pie, and Little Tree silently craves the last slice.
(c) He tells Little Tree he can have one of the corns, and Little Tree is tempted to take the biggest one.
(d) He brings only three small corns so Little Tree has to do without.

14. 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) To foreshadow more serious instances of racism that will occur later.
(c) Because Little Tree's family are freedom fighters.
(d) Because the Cherokees constantly practice racism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Granma respond when Little Tree gives her musk bugs?

2. Which three people does Little Tree learn about from Granpa's stories in Chapter 5?

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

4. According to Granpa's story, why did his father's friend enter the church with a pistol?

5. What does the incident between Little Tree and the lawmen on the mountain demonstrate about Little Tree?

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