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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. What change does Little Tree make that demonstrates how much he has learned from the loss of the money spent on the calf?
(a) He resolves to give his money to Granma to keep.
(b) He resolves to give Granpa his money to keep.
(c) He resolves to keep his extra money in his fruit jar instead of in his pocket.
(d) He resolves to bury his money in his secret place.

2. What dangerous adventure gives Chapter 12 its title?
(a) Little Tree is bitten by a bear.
(b) Little Tree is bitten by a rattlesnake.
(c) Granpa is bitten by a bear.
(d) Granpa is bitten by a rattlesnake from which he rescues Little Tree.

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

4. How does Little Tree's education and instincts about nature get him into trouble at the orphanage?
(a) He tells the teacher that the mourning dove is a sign of death.
(b) He explains to the teacher that the deer in a picture are mating.
(c) He tells the teacher that the trees and the winds can communicate with him.
(d) He explains to the teacher that the dogs in the courtyard are mating.

5. What important part does Mr. Wine play in the education of Little Tree?
(a) He teaches Little Tree how to tell time, how to solve math problems and how to be thrifty.
(b) He teaches Little Tree how to taste wine.
(c) He teaches Little Tree how to fix clocks.
(d) He teaches Little Tree about Jewish history.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Granpa's story about the farm, who was in charge of the land when Granpa was growing up?

2. How does the author create sympathy in the reader for Willow John?

3. In the incident when Granpa sees the old farmhouse in the clearing, why is Granpa surprised by the soldier's treatment of the people on the farm when he returns there later?

4. How does Mr. Wine assure Little Tree that he is getting a good education?

5. How does the author establish Granma's resourcefulness in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why isn't Granpa interested in talking to Mr. Slick and Mr. Chunk about putting him to work on a big whiskey still?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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