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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 15, how does Granma reassure Little Tree that his birth time is special and he will never be alone?
(a) She tells him he was born in the Spring and the bees buzzing around the new flowers will be his company.
(b) She explains that his birth time makes Summer his season and his company will always be the trees, birds, rain, and water that love him.
(c) She tells him he was born in the Spring so he will always have nature bursting out to keep his company.
(d) She tells him he was born in Summer and the sun will always be his companion.

2. How does Little Tree's love and appreciation of nature help him overcome the isolation of the orphanage?
(a) He gets companionship from the dogs.
(b) From his window, he watches the moon and the sun.
(c) He gets companionship from the wind, the trees and the Dog Star.
(d) He makes friends with frogs and crickets.

3. Why does Willow John leave a long knife in church?
(a) It is a gift for Granma that he leaves there because Indians do not make a fuss about gifts.
(b) It is a gift for Granpa that he leaves there because Indians do not make a fuss about gifts.
(c) It is a gift for Little Tree that he leaves there because Indians do not make a fuss about gifts.
(d) It is a gift for the preacher that he leaves there because Indians do not make a fuss about gifts.

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

5. 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 have come to investigate Little Tree's upbringing.
(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 crops from Granpa.
(d) Mr. Slick and Mr. Chunk are big city men who want to buy land from Granpa.

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

7. Why does Little Tree believe that the incident in which he gets into trouble with the teacher eventually leads to Granpa coming for him?
(a) Because that night he dreams that Granpa comes for him.
(b) Because he tells them through the Dog Star every night about what happens, and that he wants to go home.
(c) Because he sneaks a letter to Granma complaining about his punishment.
(d) Because he knows that Grandpa will feel his suffering in the weeping of the wind.

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

9. 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 sends Pine Billy to the orphanage to find out if Little Tree wants to go home.
(b) Granpa tells the reverend to call Little Tree, and they ask him 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 tells Granma to write a letter that Pine Billy takes to Little Tree asking if he wants to go home.

10. What does the author imply might be the reason for the special bond that exists between Mr. Wine and Little Tree's family?
(a) That they both have lost their "Nation" and have relatives scattered all over.
(b) That they have both experienced prejudice and exclusion.
(c) That they both place a great emphasis on education.
(d) Thay they have both lost many relatives.

11. 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 exposed to the challenges of being young in an adult world.
(c) Both are being deprived of education.
(d) Both are poor.

12. How does Mr. Wine assure Little Tree that he is getting a good education?
(a) He says children of Little Tree's age have never heard of Shakespeare.
(b) He says most children of Little Tree's age have learned nothing about farming and hunting.
(c) He says most children of Little Tree's age do not learn five words per week.
(d) He says most children of Little Tree's age know nothing about Macbeth and Napoleon.

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

14. According to Granpa's story about the farm, who was in charge of the land when Granpa was growing up?
(a) The Confederates were in charge of the land.
(b) Granpa's family had the run of the land.
(c) The land was occupied by Union soldiers and run by politicians.
(d) The Cherokees were in charge of the land.

15. In regard to the family that Granpa sees facing hardships on the farm, what do Granpa and the soldiers have in common?
(a) They are motivated to provide help.
(b) They believe they have no right to be there.
(c) They are concerned about the children.
(d) They are prejudiced against the black man at the farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author reveal Granpa's sense of humor even during this dangerous adventure?

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

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

4. Which two incidents destroy Granpa's hope of being able to keep Little Tree?

5. At the beginning of the chapter "The Farm in the Clearing", what inhuman scene does Granpa describe to Little Tree?

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