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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. Which two incidents destroy Granpa's hope of being able to keep Little Tree?
(a) Mr. Jenkins refuses to lend Granpa the money for the lawyer, and Granma says she agrees that Little Tree should go.
(b) Mr. Taylor refuses to help Granpa, and Willow John dies so he cannot be a witness.
(c) Mr. Wine's death means he cannot testify to Little Tree's education, and Mr. Taylor, the lawyer says he can't help Granpa.
(d) Pine Billy refuses to testify and Little Tree accidentally reveals he has been making whiskey.

2. Why is Wilburn, the boy at the orphanage, as much of an outcast as Little Tree is?
(a) His clubfoot makes him different from the other children.
(b) He is Mexican.
(c) He is Jewish.
(d) He is African-American.

3. How does the author demonstrate that despite being poor, the sharecropper is instilling pride in his daughter?
(a) The sharecropper whips his daughter's legs and tells her to give back the moccasins Little Tree gives to her.
(b) The sharecropper chastises his daughter for talking to Little Tree.
(c) The sharecropper tells Granpa to keep his grandson away from his daughter.
(d) The sharecropper forbids his daughter to speak to Little Tree.

4. In regard to leaving the orphanage, how does Granpa reveal that he wants Little Tree to continue learning to make his own decisions?
(a) Granpa goes to the gate of the orphanage and lets Little Tree decide whether to go home with him.
(b) Granpa sends Pine Billy to the orphanage to find out if Little Tree wants to go home.
(c) Granpa tells the reverend to call Little Tree, and they ask him if he wants to go home.
(d) Granpa tells Granma to write a letter that Pine Billy takes to Little Tree asking if he wants to go home.

5. In what two ways does the author introduce humor in the incident with the two men from Chattanooga?
(a) By describing how Granpa leads them to the edge of the cliff and taunts them until they beg for forgiveness.
(b) By describing how Little Tree sets the hounds on them and they are chased into the freezing river.
(c) By describing how Little Tree outwits them and sends them running from the hounds.
(d) By describing how the men fall into poison ivy and how Granma cooks them fish with roots that cause diarrhea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the meaning of the red flag planted on the land by the regulators?

2. What does the author imply might be the reason for the special bond that exists between Mr. Wine and Little Tree's family?

3. How does Little Tree's education and instincts about nature get him into trouble at the orphanage?

4. What is unusual about the type of church that Little Tree's family attends?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does this episode on the old farm symbolize both the cruelty and generosity observed by Granpa in his youth?

4. What purpose does Willow John serve in the novel?

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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