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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does the incident with the fox and hounds affect the relationship between Granpa and Little Tree?
2. How does the author reveal that the policeman might be wrong to put the driver of the black car in jail?
3. What is Little Tree learning from the way in which Granma and Granpa deal with any extra money that they get from the whiskey?
4. In what special activity do Little Tree and his grandparents participate on weekend evenings during the winter?
5. In the narration, Little Tree says he discovers later on that Granma only read some parts of the stories about George Washington. What reason does Little Tree suggest for this?
Short Essay Questions
1. State an important purpose that is served by this chapter in regard to the social setting of the book.
2. What is the significance of the title of the chapter "I kin ye Bonnie Bee"?
3. What does the introduction of Pine Billy add to the story?
4. How does Granpa's attitude to fox hunting make him special and show his regard for nature?
5. Give two important place names and one animal's name that occur in chapter 4. Explain why the names are very appropriate.
6. What is the importance of revealing that Granma and Granpa have friends and visitors like Pine Billy?
7. Apart from hunting, what is the special reason for Granpa taking Little Tree out for this all-night adventure?
8. At the end of Chapter 2, why does the author end with a poem?
9. Why is the trail called the "Trail of Tears" and how does the author challenge some traditional beliefs about what happened there?
10. What descriptions of the journey to, and arrival at his new home establish that Little Tree is going to be in a strange place?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The author uses the device of ending certain chapters with a different literary form. With detailed reference to the poems that occur at the end of three chapters in the novel, write a critical analysis of this technique making sure to include comments on the author's purposes and the extent to which they are achieved.
Essay Topic 2
The episodes in the novel that have to do with the church and church-going present Little Tree and the reader with instances of hypocrisy and contradiction associated with Christianity. Referring closely to important incidents in the novel, discuss the author's exploration of hypocrisy and contradictions in the behavior of representatives of Christianity.
Essay Topic 3
Throughout this novel, there is a constant preoccupation with the theme of man in relationship to nature. Using specific examples, discuss Forrest Carter's exploration of the theme of "man in relationship to nature" in this novel and explain with justification the extent to which this exploration is meant to be a lesson to the reader.
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