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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 what special activity do Little Tree and his grandparents participate on weekend evenings during the winter?
(a) They go to church.
(b) They roast chestnuts in the fireplace.
(c) Granma reads to Little Tree and Granpa.
(d) They make rugs from the deer hide.

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

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

4. What is the unique mark on Granpa's whiskey jar?
(a) A mark to remind him of his Scottish ancestry.
(b) A mark shaped like the fox.
(c) A mark shaped like a tomahawk.
(d) A mark shaped like the whiskey still.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From the incident with the black car, what is revealed about Granpa's attitude towards words?

3. What is the difference between the author's portrayal of the visitor in Chapter 7 and the way in which the innocent Little Tree views him?

4. How does Granma help Little Tree to understand the relationship between nature and human development?

5. How does the driver of the vehicle who takes Little Tree to his new home treat Granma and Granpa?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What important facts does the author provide about Little Tree when he is introduced to the reader?

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

4. What is the significance of the title of the chapter "I kin ye Bonnie Bee"?

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

6. Comment on the title of Chapter 10.

7. In Chapter 3, how does Granpa explain George Washington's decision to introduce a tax on whiskey? How does Granpa justify this belief?

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

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

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

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