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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6, how does the author explain that Pa knows Indians are around?
(a) He sees the remains of fires and cooked meat.
(b) 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.
(c) He sees smoke signals across the mountain.
(d) He hears the Indians whispering in the mountains.

2. How is this visitor in Chapter 7 hoping to become rich?
(a) By selling a large piece of land to the government and then earn interest at the bank.
(b) By winning a writing competition and through a reward for alerting the police to the existence of a big criminal.
(c) Through a reward from the police for turning in a stolen black car.
(d) Through a prize in a competition at the settlement.

3. Granma accidentally reads about a law introduced by George Washington and this gets Granpa very angry. What law is this?
(a) A tax on whiskey.
(b) A law to send all Cherokee children to orphanages for proper education.
(c) A tax on Cherokee lands.
(d) A law to force Cherokees to live in modern houses.

4. Where does Granma get books to read to Little Tree and Granpa?
(a) Little Tree and Granpa collect them from the library at the settlement.
(b) Granma reads books that Little Tree brought with him from his parents' home.
(c) Granma buys books at the settlement store.
(d) Granma reads books that Little Tree brings them from the school at the settlement.

5. What is Granpa's reason for taking Little Tree on this walk up the trail?
(a) To show him the way up to the mountains so he can see the sunrise.
(b) To show him the bees at work.
(c) To expose him to the animals and teach him "The Way".
(d) To teach him how to hunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which book is always available at Little Tree's cabin and why?

2. According to his grandparents, why is it important for Little Tree to learn about his past?

3. How does Granma respond when Little Tree gives her musk bugs?

4. According to Granma, why are secret places so important?

5. How does Granpa help Little Tree to accept the death of Ringer after he is bludgeoned in the mountains?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Chapter 5 establish some of the special roles played by Granma in the family?

2. How does the behavior of some of the people on the bus help to introduce one of the themes of the novel?

3. How does the revelation of Granpa's trade help to shed light on the reason for his earlier objection to one of George Washington's laws?

4. How is Granpa's approach to his trade different from that of some whiskey traders to whom he objects?

5. What does the reader learn in Chapter 3 about the librarian's attitude to lending books to Little Tree and Granpa when they visit the library?

6. What detailed explanation of "The Way" does Granpa's give Little Tree when the hawk, Tal-con kills a quail?

7. How does Granpa's attitude to fox hunting make him special and show his regard for nature?

8. At the end of Chapter 2, why does the author end with a poem?

9. According to Chapter 6, why is it important for Little Tree to know the past?

10. Apart from hunting, what is the special reason for Granpa taking Little Tree out for this all-night adventure?

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