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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) Winter Evenings at the Cabin.
(c) Family Circles.
(d) Granpa Learns to Read.

2. 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 contrasts the plow with the fast black car driven by the visitor.
(c) The author brings the excited policeman dressed in his city clothes into the cabin where everyone is calm and dressed in traditional clothes.
(d) The author describes the mountain and then changes the setting to the busy square at the settlement.

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

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

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

6. What makes Little Tree go to bed feeling happier in spite of his loss in Chapter 1?
(a) Granma and Granpa promise to take care of him.
(b) He holds a gift from his mother as he goes to sleep.
(c) A good supper.
(d) Granma sings him a song that makes him understand his new name.

7. According to Chapter 3, how does Granpa feel about politicians and authority figures?
(a) Granpa likes to hear about politicians and authority figures.
(b) Granpa believes politicians and authority figures are necessary to keep order.
(c) Granpa does not like politicians and authority figures.
(d) Granpa is afraid of politicians and authority figures.

8. In Chapter 6, how does the author explain that Pa knows Indians are around?
(a) After leaving certain items in the forest, he comes back to find a long Indian knife, a tomahawk and only some of what he left.
(b) He sees smoke signals across the mountain.
(c) He sees the remains of fires and cooked meat.
(d) He hears the Indians whispering in the mountains.

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

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

11. What do Little Tree's grandparents reveal about the Cherokee style of passing on information and lessons from one generation to the other?
(a) There is no writing system so valuable information is lost.
(b) They use symbols on caves.
(c) They use a special writing system.
(d) They use the oral tradition in which stories are used to pass on information.

12. Why is there some truth in Granpa's belief that the way people sound when they talk can be more important than the words they use?
(a) Because words have many different meanings.
(b) Because people tell lies using misleading words.
(c) Because people, like politicians, sometimes use words to trick others.
(d) Because some people don't know the meanings of the words they use.

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

14. 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?
(a) The author suggests that he is spying on how Little Tree is being brought up, but Little Tree thinks he is a true friend.
(b) The author suggests that he is not very generous, but Little Tree thinks he is kind.
(c) The author suggests that he is not a sincere friend of the family, but Little Tree trusts him.
(d) The author suggests that he is always making up stories and schemes, but Little Tree thinks he is wise and successful.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the lady in the black car frustrated by Granpa's answer?

2. What happens in Chapter 8 to suggest that Little Tree has a natural tendency towards some Cherokee ways?

3. According to Granpa's joke, why is Ti-bi robbed by the bear, the coon and the Cherokee?

4. How does Granpa make his living?

5. Why does the author show that important lessons for Little Tree come from Granma and not Granpa?

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