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

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

3. What is the meaning of the red flag planted on the land by the regulators?
(a) It means the occupants cannot pay the taxes on the land.
(b) It means blood has been shed during fighting on the land.
(c) It means that the government has evicted squatters from the land.
(d) It means the occupants have been taken to jail.

4. How does the preacher make Granpa angry in some of his sermons?
(a) He rants and raves about whiskey makers.
(b) He talks a lot about Pharisees or separates, while looking and pointing straight at Granpa's family.
(c) He talks with contempt about the Cherokee.
(d) He talks with contempt about the Catholics.

5. Who plays the most significant role in getting Little Tree back from the orphanage, thereby demonstrating the deep bond between them?
(a) Granpa.
(b) Willow John.
(c) Pine Billy.
(d) Granma.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do the events in Chapter 12 demonstrate the importance of Granma's knowledge of plants and herbs?

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

4. The efforts made by the person who actually gets the reverend to release Little Tree from the orphanage symbolize the strength of some relationships. Which relationship is actually involved?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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