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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 describe the effect of returning to his secret place in Chapter 20?
(a) He says he feels refreshed when he sees the creek.
(b) He says the memory of his suffering is blown away by the wind.
(c) Little Tree says his spirit has stopped hurting, and he feels washed clean by the trees, the spring branch and the birds.
(d) He says the memory of the orphanage is washed away by the stream.

2. 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 keep his extra money in his fruit jar instead of in his pocket.
(c) He resolves to bury his money in his secret place.
(d) He resolves to give Granpa his money to keep.

3. What evidence is given in Chapter 16 that there is prejudice even in the church?
(a) The Cherokee have to stand at the back door and listen to the service.
(b) The preacher gives preferential treatment to the rich Episcopalian family who gives a whole dollar for collection.
(c) The Episcopalians are the only ones who can participate in decisions about the church.
(d) Cherokee children are not allowed at Sunday School.

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

5. In Chapter 12, how does the author demonstrate Granpa's respect for the animals?
(a) They stop trapping once they have caught enough for a meal.
(b) They release animals from the trap when they are carrying young ones.
(c) They stop trapping in the Spring and Summer because the animals are raising their young.
(d) They throw the young fish back into the creek.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. At church, how does Granpa demonstrate his belief about the importance of self-sufficiency ?

5. How does Mr. Wine's death shed light on the previous incident in which he prays and then walks away without acknowledging Little Tree's gratitude for the yellow coat?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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