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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 dangerous adventure gives Chapter 12 its title?
(a) Little Tree is bitten by a bear.
(b) Granpa is bitten by a rattlesnake from which he rescues Little Tree.
(c) Little Tree is bitten by a rattlesnake.
(d) Granpa is bitten by a bear.

2. How does Little Tree's education and instincts about nature get him into trouble at the orphanage?
(a) He tells the teacher that the trees and the winds can communicate with him.
(b) He explains to the teacher that the dogs in the courtyard are mating.
(c) He explains to the teacher that the deer in a picture are mating.
(d) He tells the teacher that the mourning dove is a sign of death.

3. What is the special symbolism of the chapter title "Down From the mountain"?
(a) It symbolizes Mr. Wine's last trip to the cabin.
(b) It symbolizes Granpa's last trip to the mountain trail.
(c) It symbolizes the end of Little Tree's adventures on the mountain when he must come down to the reality of separation from his family.
(d) It symbolizes the destruction of the mountain trail.

4. Referring to people who like to take and give handouts, what similarity does Granpa describe between some people and some countries?
(a) He says some countries treat other countries like dogs because they give them handouts.
(b) He says people who take and give handouts are like some countries that like people to be dependent on them so they can treat them like dogs.
(c) He says people who like to give charity are like some countries who help other countries and then run their affairs.
(d) He says some people who take handouts are like some countries that depend on other countries like dogs.

5. How do the events in Chapter 12 demonstrate the importance of Granma's knowledge of plants and herbs?
(a) It soothes Granpa's bear bite.
(b) It stops Little Tree's bleeding.
(c) It helps her to save someone's life.
(d) It helps to stop Little Tree's arm from swellling.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Granpa help Little Tree understand the seriousness of spending the money on the calf?

2. Which of the following is the best explanation for the author's inclusion of Granpa's story about the "Farm in the Clearing" in the novel?

3. At church, how does Granpa demonstrate his belief about the importance of self-sufficiency ?

4. At the beginning of the chapter "The Farm in the Clearing", what inhuman scene does Granpa describe to Little Tree?

5. In regard to the family that Granpa sees facing hardships on the farm, what do Granpa and the soldiers have in common?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Granpa and Little Tree continue to make sure that as much as possible is learned from Little's Tree loss in the calf purchase?

2. What are the early symbols in Chapter 20 of Little Tree's excitement that he is home from the orphanage?

3. Write a short character sketch of Mr. Wine and summarize his role in the story.

4. Identify two specific lessons that Little Tree learns from his family and that are reinforced by Mr. Wine.

5. In what way does the title of Chapter 18 foreshadow the events that occur in it?

6. During an incident in Chapter 13, poor people on the farm in the clearing are harassed and killed by government authorities. What part does this incident play in the novel?

7. How does Little Tree's love of nature help him through the misery he feels at the orphanage?

8. In what ways does the author communicate to the reader the growing fear and grief experienced by Granpa, Granma and Little Tree at the prospect of their separation?

9. Why isn't Granpa interested in talking to Mr. Slick and Mr. Chunk about putting him to work on a big whiskey still?

10. How does the description of the incident with Mr. Slick and Mr. Chunk demonstrate the author's ability to use humor?

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