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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 does the author create sympathy in the reader for Willow John?
(a) He describes how Willow John stays away from everyone and looks sad.
(b) He describes Willow John as a broken man.
(c) He describes his silence about the lost Nation and his sad eyes that suggest his thoughts are far away.
(d) He describes how there are always tears in his eyes when he speaks about the Nation.

2. How does the reverend at the orphanage continue the prejudice that Little Tree has suffered throughout his life?
(a) He gives Little Tree special clothing that will set him apart from the other children.
(b) He assigns Little Tree to a cot in the basement.
(c) He calls him a terrible name and says he doesn't have to go to church because people like him cannot be saved.
(d) He makes Little Tree wear a shirt with "Outcast" written across the back.

3. How does Mr. Wine assure Little Tree that he is getting a good education?
(a) He says most children of Little Tree's age have learned nothing about farming and hunting.
(b) He says children of Little Tree's age have never heard of Shakespeare.
(c) He says most children of Little Tree's age do not learn five words per week.
(d) He says most children of Little Tree's age know nothing about Macbeth and Napoleon.

4. How do religious and cultural beliefs cause Little Tree and the sharecropper's daughter to act negatively towards each other?
(a) Their beliefs cause them to avoid speaking to each other.
(b) Their beliefs cause them to remain on separate sides of the square at the settlement.
(c) They dislike each other because they have different beliefs.
(d) Little Tree has been taught to distrust Christians, while the girl has been taught that Indians are lazy heathen savages.

5. How do the two men from Chattanooga make fun of Little Tree?
(a) They call him uneducated.
(b) They tease him about belonging nowhere.
(c) They laugh at his moccasins.
(d) They call him an unpleasant name because he does not recollect his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what two ways does the author introduce humor in the incident with the two men from Chattanooga?

2. Why does Little Tree describe Fall as nature's grace time?

3. What is the importance of the way Chapter 12 ends?

4. What advice from Granma does Little Tree follow to help him get through his need for communication with his grandparents?

5. In Chapter 16, what does the author suggest about the importance of the church teachings to Granpa and Little Tree?

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

3. How and why does Granpa's approach to people in church who are badly off differ from the approach of others?

4. 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?

5. Give a brief summary of the events related by Granpa that lead to Little Tree's return from the orphanage.

6. In what two ways do Granpa and Granma help to create a sense of worth in Little Tree during Chapter 15?

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

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

9. 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?

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

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