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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 teaching Little Tree, how does Mr. Wine reinforce Granma's lessons about the spirit-mind and the body-mind?
(a) He says there is modern, technical education to help you make a living and there is the education that makes you honest and caring.
(b) He says some education is practical and some is theoretical.
(c) He says some education is for work and some for appreciating life.
(d) He says some education is technical and some is spiritual.

2. In Chapter 15, how does Granma reassure Little Tree that his birth time is special and he will never be alone?
(a) She tells him he was born in the Spring and the bees buzzing around the new flowers will be his company.
(b) She tells him he was born in Summer and the sun will always be his companion.
(c) She explains that his birth time makes Summer his season and his company will always be the trees, birds, rain, and water that love him.
(d) She tells him he was born in the Spring so he will always have nature bursting out to keep his company.

3. The author implies there is a special bond between Willow John and Little Tree, despite the difference in their ages. What is the cause of this bond?
(a) Both are outsiders who don't quite belong in the world they occupy.
(b) Both have a great sense of humor.
(c) Both have suffered the loss of their parents.
(d) Both have suffered from having to adjust to moving to the mountain area.

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

5. In Chapter 12, how does the author demonstrate Granpa's respect for the animals?
(a) They throw the young fish back into the creek.
(b) They release animals from the trap when they are carrying young ones.
(c) They stop trapping once they have caught enough for a meal.
(d) They stop trapping in the Spring and Summer because the animals are raising their young.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the reverend at the orphanage continue the prejudice that Little Tree has suffered throughout his life?

2. How does Little Tree create a disturbance in church?

3. How does Mr. Wine's death shed light on the previous incident in which he prays and then walks away without acknowledging Little Tree's gratitude for the yellow coat?

4. What weekly event puts Little Tree and his family in the company of Willow John?

5. How does the author suggest that even nature is mourning about Little Tree's departure?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. What are the main purposes served by the incident in which Granpa is bitten by the rattlesnake?

7. 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?

8. What are the author's reasons for introducing the sharecropper and his daughter to the reader?

9. What does Chapter 16 suggest about the place of church going in the lives of Little Tree's family?

10. What examples of prejudice and misunderstanding does Little Tree encounter at the orphanage?

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