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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) Granma reads to Little Tree and Granpa.
(b) They make rugs from the deer hide.
(c) They go to church.
(d) They roast chestnuts in the fireplace.

2. How does Little Tree's innocence and trust lead him to lose his money?
(a) The preacher encourages him to throw his extra money in the collection plate for the poor.
(b) The sharecropper pleads with him to give his daughter some money.
(c) Pine Billy encourages him to use the money in a scheme to make more money.
(d) A calf owner convinces him to buy a sick calf that soon dies.

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 force Cherokees to live in modern houses.
(c) A law to send all Cherokee children to orphanages for proper education.
(d) A tax on Cherokee lands.

4. What does the woman in the black car ask when she stops Little Tree and Granpa on their way back from the settlement?
(a) The way to the cabin.
(b) The way to the church.
(c) If they want a ride home.
(d) The way to Chattanooga.

5. At the end of Chapter 2, how does Little Tree feel?
(a) Sympathy for the small animals.
(b) Satisfaction about being grown up.
(c) Pride.
(d) Overwhelmed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Little Tree planning to do with the extra coins he is keeping in his pocket from his savings?

2. Why does Granpa want Little Tree to learn his trade when he is only six-years-old?

3. How does Pa say farewell to Granpa when he is dying?

4. How does Granpa's disposal of the whiskey demonstrate that he is observing the lessons he teaches Little Tree about nature's ways?

5. How do the Cherokee who escape from the soldiers into the hollows survive?

Short Essay Questions

1. Give two important place names and one animal's name that occur in chapter 4. Explain why the names are very appropriate.

2. Summarize the episode between Pine Billy and Smokehouse and say why it creates humor.

3. How do Granpa and Granma ensure that there is a balance in Little Tree's education?

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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