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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What important part does Mr. Wine play in the education of Little Tree?
(a) He teaches Little Tree how to taste wine.
(b) He teaches Little Tree about Jewish history.
(c) He teaches Little Tree how to fix clocks.
(d) He teaches Little Tree how to tell time, how to solve math problems and how to be thrifty.

2. How do religious and cultural beliefs cause Little Tree and the sharecropper's daughter to act negatively towards each other?
(a) Their beliefs cause them to remain on separate sides of the square at the settlement.
(b) Their beliefs cause them to avoid speaking to each other.
(c) Little Tree has been taught to distrust Christians, while the girl has been taught that Indians are lazy heathen savages.
(d) They dislike each other because they have different beliefs.

3. What dangerous adventure gives Chapter 12 its title?
(a) Granpa is bitten by a rattlesnake from which he rescues Little Tree.
(b) Little Tree is bitten by a rattlesnake.
(c) Granpa is bitten by a bear.
(d) Little Tree is bitten by a bear.

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

5. The author implies there is a special bond between Willow John and Little Tree, despite the difference in their ages. What is the cause of this bond?
(a) Both have suffered from having to adjust to moving to the mountain area.
(b) Both are outsiders who don't quite belong in the world they occupy.
(c) Both have a great sense of humor.
(d) Both have suffered the loss of their parents.

6. How does Little Tree describe the effect of returning to his secret place in Chapter 20?
(a) He says he feels refreshed when he sees the creek.
(b) Little Tree says his spirit has stopped hurting, and he feels washed clean by the trees, the spring branch and the birds.
(c) He says the memory of his suffering is blown away by the wind.
(d) He says the memory of the orphanage is washed away by the stream.

7. In regard to leaving the orphanage, how does Granpa reveal that he wants Little Tree to continue learning to make his own decisions?
(a) Granpa tells the reverend to call Little Tree, and they ask him if he wants to go home.
(b) Granpa tells Granma to write a letter that Pine Billy takes to Little Tree asking if he wants to go home.
(c) Granpa goes to the gate of the orphanage and lets Little Tree decide whether to go home with him.
(d) Granpa sends Pine Billy to the orphanage to find out if Little Tree wants to go home.

8. In what way do the events in Chapter 18 represent a major turning point in the novel?
(a) It starts the legal battle between the state and Granpa for Little Tree.
(b) It begins the situation that turns Little Tree against his grandparents.
(c) It sets in motion a series of events that will bring an end to Little Tree's life with his grandparents.
(d) It is the beginning of Little Tree's life as a teenager.

9. How does the author demonstrate that despite being poor, the sharecropper is instilling pride in his daughter?
(a) The sharecropper chastises his daughter for talking to Little Tree.
(b) The sharecropper tells Granpa to keep his grandson away from his daughter.
(c) The sharecropper forbids his daughter to speak to Little Tree.
(d) The sharecropper whips his daughter's legs and tells her to give back the moccasins Little Tree gives to her.

10. How does the author suggest that even nature is mourning about Little Tree's departure?
(a) Granpa says even the animals are howling with sadness.
(b) Little Tree's description says a low oak limb's finger pulls the tow sack off his shoulder, and a lonesome dove gets no answer to his call.
(c) Little Tree describes the rain as mournful and sad.
(d) Granma says the frogs and spiders in Little Tree's secret place have hidden away.

11. In the incident with the two men from Chattanooga, how does Little Tree demonstrate that he is becoming clever and less trusting?
(a) He takes the dollar and then tells them he doesn't know Granpa.
(b) He asks for two dollars instead and leads them away from the trail.
(c) He takes the dollar and tells them Granpa is at the settlement.
(d) He takes the dollar they offer him to lead them to Granpa but he leads them away from the stills.

12. Referring to people who like to take and give handouts, what similarity does Granpa describe between some people and some countries?
(a) He says people who take and give handouts are like some countries that like people to be dependent on them so they can treat them like dogs.
(b) He says people who like to give charity are like some countries who help other countries and then run their affairs.
(c) He says some people who take handouts are like some countries that depend on other countries like dogs.
(d) He says some countries treat other countries like dogs because they give them handouts.

13. What is the special symbolism of the chapter title "Down From the mountain"?
(a) It symbolizes Mr. Wine's last trip to the cabin.
(b) It symbolizes the destruction of the mountain trail.
(c) It symbolizes the end of Little Tree's adventures on the mountain when he must come down to the reality of separation from his family.
(d) It symbolizes Granpa's last trip to the mountain trail.

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

15. Which two incidents destroy Granpa's hope of being able to keep Little Tree?
(a) Mr. Taylor refuses to help Granpa, and Willow John dies so he cannot be a witness.
(b) Mr. Jenkins refuses to lend Granpa the money for the lawyer, and Granma says she agrees that Little Tree should go.
(c) Mr. Wine's death means he cannot testify to Little Tree's education, and Mr. Taylor, the lawyer says he can't help Granpa.
(d) Pine Billy refuses to testify and Little Tree accidentally reveals he has been making whiskey.

Short Answer Questions

1. In teaching Little Tree, how does Mr. Wine reinforce Granma's lessons about the spirit-mind and the body-mind?

2. How does Little Tree create a disturbance in church?

3. In Chapter 15, how does Granma reassure Little Tree that his birth time is special and he will never be alone?

4. What change does Little Tree make that demonstrates how much he has learned from the loss of the money spent on the calf?

5. How does the author create sympathy in the reader for Willow John?

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