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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, "Church-Going".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6, how does the author explain that Pa knows Indians are around?
(a) He hears the Indians whispering in the mountains.
(b) After leaving certain items in the forest, he comes back to find a long Indian knife, a tomahawk and only some of what he left.
(c) He sees smoke signals across the mountain.
(d) He sees the remains of fires and cooked meat.

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 Granpa his money to keep.
(b) He resolves to give his money to Granma 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.

3. How does the author demonstrate that despite being poor, the sharecropper is instilling pride in his daughter?
(a) The sharecropper chastises his daughter for talking to Little Tree.
(b) The sharecropper forbids his daughter to speak to Little Tree.
(c) The sharecropper whips his daughter's legs and tells her to give back the moccasins Little Tree gives to her.
(d) The sharecropper tells Granpa to keep his grandson away from his daughter.

4. When the soldiers drive the Cherokee from their land, how do the Cherokee show their pride?
(a) They look straight ahead as they march and refuse rides in the soldiers' wagons.
(b) They plant their nation's flag where every Cherokee is buried.
(c) They sing brave songs on the journey.
(d) They fight back and repel the soldiers.

5. In Chapter 16, what does the author suggest about the importance of the church teachings to Granpa and Little Tree?
(a) Granpa leaves this part of Little Tree's lessons to Granma.
(b) They don't fully understand what the church is about and are confused about the Bible stories.
(c) They are very involved in the church teachings and make certain they discuss the Bible stories for full understanding.
(d) Granpa doesn't believe any of it but he wants Little Tree to work it out for himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do religious and cultural beliefs cause Little Tree and the sharecropper's daughter to act negatively towards each other?

2. Referring to people who like to take and give handouts, what similarity does Granpa describe between some people and some countries?

3. In Chapter 6, the author reveals that Pa becomes a warrior late in his life. For whom does he fight?

4. How do the Cherokee who escape from the soldiers into the hollows survive?

5. How is the reader made aware that Pa eventually gets very close to the Indians?

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