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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. What would be the most appropriate alternate title for Chapter 5?
(a) The Big Black Car.
(b) A Visit to the Settlement.
(c) Differences in Culture.
(d) Little Tree Learns of Chattanooga.

2. How old is Little Tree when the novel begins?
(a) Six years old.
(b) Nine years old.
(c) Five years old.
(d) Seven years old.

3. According to Granpa's story, why did his father's friend enter the church with a pistol?
(a) The people in the church have been saying bad things about him.
(b) He believes the preacher's sermon is against him.
(c) He has lost his home and family.
(d) Because having fought battles all his life and lost everything, he has nothing more to fight about.

4. What does Granma make for Little Tree to wear for his first walk up the trail with Granpa?
(a) A warm coat.
(b) Boot moccasins.
(c) A bag to take his food.
(d) A hat to protect him from the sun.

5. What is the Trail of Tears?
(a) The journey made by the Cherokee Nation when army soldiers force them to move to new lands.
(b) The path up the mountain where Cherokee go to mourn their dead.
(c) The journey made by Cherokee each year to commemorate the loss of their nation.
(d) The journey towards the burial ground of the Cherokee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it significant that Granpa reminds Little Tree in Chapter 10 about the importance of paying attention to people's tone and not just their words?

2. How does Granpa dispose of the whiskey he makes?

3. In Chapter 2, who has just died when Little Tree's relatives argue about where he should live?

4. In the early chapters of the book, what kind of education is Little Tree receiving from his grandparents?

5. What does the incident between Little Tree and the lawmen on the mountain demonstrate about Little Tree?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the introduction of Pine Billy add to the story?

2. What is the importance of revealing that Granma and Granpa have friends and visitors like Pine Billy?

3. Comment on the title of Chapter 10.

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

5. How does the author describe the Cherokee response to their oppression along the Trail of Tears?

6. What descriptions of the journey to, and arrival at his new home establish that Little Tree is going to be in a strange place?

7. How does the beginning of Chapter 10 contrast with the ending of the incident in which Little Tree protects the whiskey still from the outsiders?

8. Discuss the chief method used by the Indians to communicate beliefs and values from one generation to the other.

9. Summarize the story about 'Coon Jack' and explain Granpa's reason for telling it to Little Tree.

10. What is the importance of the boot moccasins that Granma makes for Little Tree?

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