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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the preacher make Granpa angry in some of his sermons?
(a) He talks with contempt about the Cherokee.
(b) He talks a lot about Pharisees or separates, while looking and pointing straight at Granpa's family.
(c) He talks with contempt about the Catholics.
(d) He rants and raves about whiskey makers.

2. How do the two men from Chattanooga make fun of Little Tree?
(a) They call him an unpleasant name because he does not recollect his father.
(b) They laugh at his moccasins.
(c) They call him uneducated.
(d) They tease him about belonging nowhere.

3. How does Little Tree's education and instincts about nature get him into trouble at the orphanage?
(a) He explains to the teacher that the dogs in the courtyard are mating.
(b) He tells the teacher that the mourning dove is a sign of death.
(c) He tells the teacher that the trees and the winds can communicate with him.
(d) He explains to the teacher that the deer in a picture are mating.

4. Why is Wilburn, the boy at the orphanage, as much of an outcast as Little Tree is?
(a) He is Mexican.
(b) He is African-American.
(c) He is Jewish.
(d) His clubfoot makes him different from the other children.

5. In Chapter 12, how does the author demonstrate Granpa's respect for the animals?
(a) They stop trapping in the Spring and Summer because the animals are raising their young.
(b) They stop trapping once they have caught enough for a meal.
(c) They release animals from the trap when they are carrying young ones.
(d) They throw the young fish back into the creek.

6. What change does Little Tree make that demonstrates how much he has learned from the loss of the money spent on the calf?
(a) He resolves to bury his money in his secret place.
(b) He resolves to give his money to Granma to keep.
(c) He resolves to keep his extra money in his fruit jar instead of in his pocket.
(d) He resolves to give Granpa his money to keep.

7. According to Mr. Jenkins, who are the two men from Chattanooga and why are they looking for Granpa?
(a) Mr. Slick and Mr. Chunk are big city men who want to buy crops from Granpa.
(b) Mr. Slick and Mr. Chunk are big city men in the whiskey trade and want to put Granpa to work on a big still.
(c) Mr. Slick and Mr. Chunk are big city men who want to buy land from Granpa.
(d) Mr. Slick and Mr. Chunk are big city men who have come to investigate Little Tree's upbringing.

8. What is the meaning of the red flag planted on the land by the regulators?
(a) It means blood has been shed during fighting on the land.
(b) It means that the government has evicted squatters from the land.
(c) It means the occupants cannot pay the taxes on the land.
(d) It means the occupants have been taken to jail.

9. At church, how does Granpa demonstrate his belief about the importance of self-sufficiency ?
(a) When a family loses all their furniture in a fire, Granpa brings them a chair and shows the man how to make it himself.
(b) Instead of giving people money, he offers to teach them how to make whiskey.
(c) Granpa gives no one anything; instead he offers to teach them how to plow the land for food.
(d) Granpa brings whiskey for the poor so they can learn how to sell it and save extra money.

10. What is the importance of the way Chapter 12 ends?
(a) To demonstrate that time is running out for the family.
(b) To demonstrate that the Cherokee way of life has serious dangers.
(c) To demonstrate how grave danger has cemented the bonds among the members of the family.
(d) To demonstrate that everyone in the family has an important role.

11. What advice from Granma does Little Tree follow to help him get through his need for communication with his grandparents?
(a) He watches the Milky Way and communicates with his family.
(b) He watches the moon and tells it his secrets.
(c) He watches the Dog Star from his window and imagines conversations with Granma, Granpa and Willow John.
(d) He watches the mountain range in the distance and communicates with his family.

12. What do Little Tree and the sharecropper's daughter have in common?
(a) Both live off the land and have a strong sense of pride.
(b) Both are poor.
(c) Both are exposed to the challenges of being young in an adult world.
(d) Both are being deprived of education.

13. In the incident when Granpa sees the old farmhouse in the clearing, why is Granpa surprised by the soldier's treatment of the people on the farm when he returns there later?
(a) Granpa expects the soldiers to throw them off the land but they tie them up in the barn.
(b) Granpa expects the soldiers to stop them from plowing but they charge them taxes.
(c) Granpa expects the soldiers to harm them but they actually bring them a mule.
(d) Granpa expects the soldiers to help the people but they actually attack them with guns .

14. What weekly event puts Little Tree and his family in the company of Willow John?
(a) On the way from church every Sunday, they pick up Willow John to go to the cabin for lunch.
(b) On the way to church every Sunday, they stop to visit Willow John.
(c) On the way from the settlement every Saturday, they pick up Willow John to go home with them.
(d) On the way from the settlement every Saturday, they drop off supplies for Willow John.

15. According to the news heard in Chapter 11, what is causing people in New York to die?
(a) Severe snow storms.
(b) They are killing themselves by jumping off roofs.
(c) A serious epidemic that causes depression.
(d) Overcrowding and the spread of illnesses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author reveal about how Little Tree is released from the orphanage?

2. What does the author imply might be the reason for the special bond that exists between Mr. Wine and Little Tree's family?

3. What evidence is given in Chapter 16 that there is prejudice even in the church?

4. In the incident with the two men from Chattanooga, how does Little Tree demonstrate that he is becoming clever and less trusting?

5. In regard to the family that Granpa sees facing hardships on the farm, what do Granpa and the soldiers have in common?

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