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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. How is Granpa's approach to making whiskey different from that of the "city criminals" who just want to make money?
(a) Granpa only uses water to increase the volume.
(b) Granpa only uses sugar to increase the volume.
(c) Granpa only uses lye to increase the volume.
(d) Granpa puts nothing in his whiskey to increase volume while others add various substances to increase the volume.

2. What helps to determine whether Granpa and Granma light the coal oil lamp in the evenings during winter?
(a) The time when the sun sets.
(b) The weather.
(c) The cost of a nickel to fill the coal oil lamp.
(d) The time when they go to bed.

3. What would be the most appropriate alternate title for Chapter 4?
(a) Little Tree Takes A Fox.
(b) Granpa's Way of Hunting.
(c) The Fox outwits the Hounds.
(d) Mountain Hunting.

4. In the narration, Little Tree says he discovers later on that Granma only read some parts of the stories about George Washington. What reason does Little Tree suggest for this?
(a) She doesn't want Little Tree exposed to violent stories.
(b) She doesn't want to upset Little Tree.
(c) She thinks Granpa will get angry.
(d) She wants Granpa to have someone to admire.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. As he goes up the trail, how does Little Tree become aware of "Mon-o-lah", the earth mother?

2. Why is the lady in the black car frustrated by Granpa's answer?

3. How does Granpa make his living?

4. In what special activity do Little Tree and his grandparents participate on weekend evenings during the winter?

5. Who guides the family when it comes to books, decisions and words?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what does the author reveal about Granpa's views on politicians and authority figures?

2. How does Granpa use the whiskey trade to give Little Tree a sense of belonging in the family, and how do readers know that it works?

3. 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?

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

5. How does Granma illustrate her father's ability to feel tree spirits?

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

7. How does Little Tree's independent selection of a secret place inform the reader about his character?

8. Give an example from Chapter 4 of the author's ability to use vivid description.

9. Explain two important symbols used in Chapter 9.

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

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