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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 Little Tree's love and appreciation of nature help him overcome the isolation of the orphanage?
(a) He makes friends with frogs and crickets.
(b) He gets companionship from the wind, the trees and the Dog Star.
(c) He gets companionship from the dogs.
(d) From his window, he watches the moon and the sun.

2. At the beginning of the chapter "The Farm in the Clearing", what inhuman scene does Granpa describe to Little Tree?
(a) He sees a man with a stump for a leg being beaten by soldiers.
(b) He sees a man and woman wearing leather harnesses and pulling a plow like mules.
(c) He sees a man beating a woman and two children.
(d) He sees soldiers abusing the children.

3. 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 people who take handouts are like some countries that depend on other countries like dogs.
(b) He says people who like to give charity are like some countries who help other countries and then run their affairs.
(c) He says some countries treat other countries like dogs because they give them handouts.
(d) 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.

4. What do Little Tree and the sharecropper's daughter have in common?
(a) Both live off the land and have a strong sense of pride.
(b) Both are poor.
(c) Both are exposed to the challenges of being young in an adult world.
(d) Both are being deprived of education.

5. According to the news heard in Chapter 11, what is causing people in New York to die?
(a) Severe snow storms.
(b) They are killing themselves by jumping off roofs.
(c) Overcrowding and the spread of illnesses.
(d) A serious epidemic that causes depression.

Short Answer Questions

1. What change does Little Tree make that demonstrates how much he has learned from the loss of the money spent on the calf?

2. Why does the author include the special relationship between Mr. Wine and Little Tree's family in the story?

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

4. 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?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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