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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 land from Granpa.
(b) Mr. Slick and Mr. Chunk are big city men who want to buy crops from Granpa.
(c) Mr. Slick and Mr. Chunk are big city men who have come to investigate Little Tree's upbringing.
(d) Mr. Slick and Mr. Chunk are big city men in the whiskey trade and want to put Granpa to work on a big still.

2. Why does the author include the special relationship between Mr. Wine and Little Tree's family in the story?
(a) To show that Little Tree is learning to relate to many different people.
(b) To show that Little Tree has someone to help round out his education.
(c) To show that despite ethnic and racial differences, people with common values and beliefs can become close friends.
(d) To show that the world has many different types of people.

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 trees and the winds can communicate with him.
(c) He tells the teacher that the mourning dove is a sign of death.
(d) He explains to the teacher that the deer in a picture are mating.

4. How do the events in Chapter 12 demonstrate the importance of Granma's knowledge of plants and herbs?
(a) It helps her to save someone's life.
(b) It soothes Granpa's bear bite.
(c) It helps to stop Little Tree's arm from swellling.
(d) It stops Little Tree's bleeding.

5. Why does Little Tree describe Fall as nature's grace time?
(a) It is the time to say extra prayers for a safe winter.
(b) It is the time to give thanks for nature's grace.
(c) It is a time to put things in order, to remember, and to regret things that weren't accomplished.
(d) It is the time to prepare for Christmas.

6. 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 Granma to write a letter that Pine Billy takes to Little Tree asking if he 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 sends Pine Billy to the orphanage to find out if Little Tree wants to go home.
(d) Granpa goes to the gate of the orphanage and lets Little Tree decide whether to go home with him.

7. Which of the following is the best explanation for the author's inclusion of Granpa's story about the "Farm in the Clearing" in the novel?
(a) To show that despite the difference between ethnic groups, individuals share admirable human qualities.
(b) To show that whenever authorities get involved in a situation, they make it bad.
(c) To show that Granpa was once a boy living freely on the land.
(d) To show how important it is to prevent people from capturing land.

8. The efforts made by the person who actually gets the reverend to release Little Tree from the orphanage symbolize the strength of some relationships. Which relationship is actually involved?
(a) The relationship between two friends.
(b) The relationship between a preacher and his church member.
(c) The relationship between an uncle and his nephew.
(d) The relationship between grandparents and grandchildren.

9. What evidence is given in Chapter 16 that there is prejudice even in the church?
(a) The Cherokee have to stand at the back door and listen to the service.
(b) The Episcopalians are the only ones who can participate in decisions about the church.
(c) Cherokee children are not allowed at Sunday School.
(d) The preacher gives preferential treatment to the rich Episcopalian family who gives a whole dollar for collection.

10. What is unusual about the type of church that Little Tree's family attends?
(a) The church is only open for services once per month.
(b) It is the only church so it services various faiths, including Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians and Church of Christ.
(c) It is the only church so the preacher uses many different languages.
(d) The church only allows Cherokee to sit at the back.

11. 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) He gets companionship from the wind, the trees and the Dog Star.
(c) He makes friends with frogs and crickets.
(d) From his window, he watches the moon and the sun.

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

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

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

15. 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) Thay they have both lost many relatives.
(c) That they have both experienced prejudice and exclusion.
(d) That they both place a great emphasis on education.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the meaning of the red flag planted on the land by the regulators?

2. How does the author demonstrate that despite being poor, the sharecropper is instilling pride in his daughter?

3. What do Little Tree and the sharecropper's daughter have in common?

4. In what two ways does the author introduce humor in the incident with the two men from Chattanooga?

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

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