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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. According to Granma, why are secret places so important?
(a) They allow each person to pray.
(b) They nurture each individual's spirit body.
(c) They allow each person to read in a quiet place.
(d) They allow each person to hide away when faced with danger.

2. 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?
(a) Because Little Tree is getting older and facing new challenges.
(b) Because shortly after the reminder, Little Tree is tricked by a "Christian" using misleading words.
(c) Because Granpa knows that there is trouble coming.
(d) Because Granpa knows that a politician will be visiting.

3. In Chapter 2, how does Little Tree demonstrate that he has learned Granpa's lesson about nature's ways?
(a) By selecting the three smallest turkeys from the turkey trap to take home.
(b) By protecting Ti-bi from the hawk.
(c) By rescuing the quail.
(d) By releasing the turkeys from the trap.

4. How do the visitor's ambitions contrast with the values of Granpa and Granma?
(a) The visitor wants money but Granma and Granpa don't want to be rich, they just want to protect Little Tree's inheritance.
(b) The visitor is intent on getting rich while Granpa and Granma have no interest in having more than they need to survive.
(c) The visitor wants quick riches but Granpa and Granma prefer to get rich by selling crops.
(d) The visitor wants to get easy money but Granpa and Granma know they own inherited land so they need no schemes to get rich.

5. How does Granpa's disposal of the whiskey demonstrate that he is observing the lessons he teaches Little Tree about nature's ways?
(a) He keeps the whiskey in case of snake bites.
(b) He sells the whiskey for just a little more than what they need to get by.
(c) He only makes a small amount of whiskey.
(d) He gives away most of the whiskey he makes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Little Tree learn about Granpa when he hears him say "I kin ye Bonnie Bee"?

2. In Chapter 2, what is the most important lesson that Little Tree learns about nature?

3. In Chapter 1, what does Little Tree's description of the woods around his new home reveal about his attitude to the surroundings?

4. Why is there some truth in Granpa's belief that the way people sound when they talk can be more important than the words they use?

5. Why does Granpa object to people who age whiskey?

Short Essay Questions

1. State an important purpose that is served by this chapter in regard to the social setting of the book.

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

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 does Granma explain the existence of body and spirit to Little Tree in Chapter 8?

5. Why is Granpa teaching Little Tree to do the hard work involved in farming so early in his life?

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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