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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Granpa help Little Tree to accept the death of Ringer after he is bludgeoned in the mountains?
(a) Granpa says Ringer knows his injuries are too serious so he accepts he has to die.
(b) Granpa says Ringer is aware of being found and taken home so he dies feeling better.
(c) Granpa says Ringer dies knowing that Little Tree appreciates his help in the mountains.
(d) Granpa says Ringer knows that his time has come so he dies happy.

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

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

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

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

6. How old is Little Tree when the novel begins?
(a) Nine years old.
(b) Five years old.
(c) Seven years old.
(d) Six years old.

7. 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 live off fishing, wild game and sweet root and stay as silent as they can to avoid detection.
(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.

8. When the soldiers drive the Cherokee from their land, how do the Cherokee show their pride?
(a) They plant their nation's flag where every Cherokee is buried.
(b) They sing brave songs on the journey.
(c) They fight back and repel the soldiers.
(d) They look straight ahead as they march and refuse rides in the soldiers' wagons.

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

10. In Chapter 2, who has just died when Little Tree's relatives argue about where he should live?
(a) Pa.
(b) Little Tree's mother.
(c) Willow John.
(d) Red Wing.

11. How do the visitor's ambitions contrast with the values of Granpa and Granma?
(a) The visitor wants money but Granma and Granpa don't want to be rich, they just want to protect Little Tree's inheritance.
(b) The visitor wants quick riches but Granpa and Granma prefer to get rich by selling crops.
(c) The visitor is intent on getting rich while Granpa and Granma have no interest in having more than they need to survive.
(d) The visitor wants to get easy money but Granpa and Granma know they own inherited land so they need no schemes to get rich.

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

13. 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 takes the visitor's word that the driver is speeding.
(d) The policeman does not allow the driver to explain himself properly.

14. What is Little Tree especially proud of in Chapter 9?
(a) That he can contribute to making his own living.
(b) That he is helping to take care of Granpa and Granma.
(c) That he owns fifty percent of the stake in the whiskey business.
(d) That he knows how to calculate the money from the whiskey.

15. How does Granma help Little Tree to understand the relationship between nature and human development?
(a) Granma explains that the seasons are times when humans should learn from nature how to improve.
(b) Granma explains that Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter are the periods of spiritual growth in a person's life.
(c) Granma explains that Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter are like childhood, adolescence and maturity in humans.
(d) Granma explains that Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter are periods in nature just as birth, adulthood, ageing and death are phases in human life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most important lesson that Little Tree learns from the stories heard in Chapter 5?

2. In Chapter 2, what is the most important lesson that Little Tree learns about nature?

3. 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?

4. What is the name of the part of the mountain trail between the mountains where the trail becomes thinner?

5. At the end of Chapter 2, how does Little Tree feel?

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