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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 does the author imply might be the reason for the special bond that exists between Mr. Wine and Little Tree's family?
(a) That they both place a great emphasis on education.
(b) Thay they have both lost many relatives.
(c) That they both have lost their "Nation" and have relatives scattered all over.
(d) That they have both experienced prejudice and exclusion.

2. How does Granpa help Little Tree understand the seriousness of spending the money on the calf?
(a) Granpa reduces Little Tree's stake in the business.
(b) Granpa makes Little Tree go without his earnings for the next two weeks.
(c) Granpa makes Little Tree write down on paper how much he spent and lost.
(d) Granpa sends him to find the man who sold him the calf and demand his money.

3. How does the preacher make Granpa angry in some of his sermons?
(a) He talks with contempt about the Cherokee.
(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 Catholics.
(d) He rants and raves about whiskey makers.

4. Why does Willow John leave a long knife in church?
(a) It is a gift for the preacher that he leaves there because Indians do not make a fuss about gifts.
(b) It is a gift for Granma that he leaves there because Indians do not make a fuss about gifts.
(c) It is a gift for Little Tree that he leaves there because Indians do not make a fuss about gifts.
(d) It is a gift for Granpa that he leaves there because Indians do not make a fuss about gifts.

5. 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?
(a) The relationship between an uncle and his nephew.
(b) The relationship between a preacher and his church member.
(c) The relationship between two friends.
(d) The relationship between grandparents and grandchildren.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 16, what does the author suggest about the importance of the church teachings to Granpa and Little Tree?

2. In Chapter 15, how does Granma reassure Little Tree that his birth time is special and he will never be alone?

3. Which two incidents destroy Granpa's hope of being able to keep Little Tree?

4. Why does Mr. Wine light a candle at a special time?

5. In teaching Little Tree, how does Mr. Wine reinforce Granma's lessons about the spirit-mind and the body-mind?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What are the early symbols in Chapter 20 of Little Tree's excitement that he is home from 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 author's reasons for introducing the sharecropper and his daughter to the reader?

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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