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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Granma make for Little Tree to wear for his first walk up the trail with Granpa?
(a) A bag to take his food.
(b) A hat to protect him from the sun.
(c) Boot moccasins.
(d) A warm coat.

2. How does the author reveal that the policeman might be wrong to put the driver of the black car in jail?
(a) The policeman does not read the driver his rights.
(b) The policeman takes the visitor's word that the driver is speeding.
(c) The policeman does not allow the driver to explain himself properly.
(d) 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.

3. 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 be respectful of the Cherokee beliefs and values.
(c) He intends to show how different the Cherokee beliefs are from American beliefs.
(d) He intends to show that the Cherokee beliefs and values will make Little Tree feel like an outsider.

4. Who guides the family when it comes to books, decisions and words?
(a) Pa.
(b) Granma.
(c) Granpa.
(d) The librarian.

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

6. What does Little Tree learn about Granpa when he hears him say "I kin ye Bonnie Bee"?
(a) That Granma is a good worker.
(b) That Granma takes care of the bees.
(c) Little Tree learns of the love and understanding that Granpa has for Granma.
(d) That Granpa will take care of Granma.

7. 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 love for swimming and diving.
(c) Granpa's speed and agility.
(d) His immense respect for nature and animals and his sense of humor.

8. Which of the following best describes the theme of the opening chapter?
(a) Loss and and a new beginning.
(b) Racism.
(c) Family relationships.
(d) Growing up.

9. 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 friend who gives the visitor a ride to the cabin.
(c) The partner who works with the visitor to write the entry for the competition.
(d) The policeman who investigates the claim made by the visitor about an alleged criminal.

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

11. At the beginning of the novel, how is Little Tree taken to his new home?
(a) He rides a bus part of the way and then walks.
(b) He goes by car.
(c) He walks.
(d) He goes by bus.

12. How does the author use contrast to show different lifestyles and characters in Chapter 7?
(a) The author describes the routine, laborious work on the land and later shows readers a colorful visitor talking about cars, criminals and money-making schemes.
(b) The author brings the excited policeman dressed in his city clothes into the cabin where everyone is calm and dressed in traditional clothes.
(c) The author describes the mountain and then changes the setting to the busy square at the settlement.
(d) The author contrasts the plow with the fast black car driven by the visitor.

13. What does the woman in the black car ask when she stops Little Tree and Granpa on their way back from the settlement?
(a) If they want a ride home.
(b) The way to the church.
(c) The way to the cabin.
(d) The way to Chattanooga.

14. According to Little Tree, why do the white mountain men in the area respect Granpa?
(a) For his love of nature.
(b) For his skills at trailing animals and his sense of instinct.
(c) For the lessons he teaches Little Tree.
(d) Because he is knowledgeable about the mountains.

15. According to Granpa's joke, why is Ti-bi robbed by the bear, the coon and the Cherokee?
(a) For taking more than he needs from nature.
(b) Because he leaves his surroundings unprotected.
(c) Because he eats too much and falls asleep.
(d) Because he does not watch out for the hawk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the difference between the author's portrayal of the visitor in Chapter 7 and the way in which the innocent Little Tree views him?

2. How does Granma help Little Tree to understand the relationship between nature and human development?

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

4. What reasons are given in Chapter 4 for Granpa to keep the hounds?

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

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