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

2. Which of the following is the best alternate title for Chapter 6?
(a) The Lost People.
(b) Escape.
(c) Understanding the Past.
(d) Survival of the Strong.

3. What do Little Tree's grandparents reveal about the Cherokee style of passing on information and lessons from one generation to the other?
(a) They use the oral tradition in which stories are used to pass on information.
(b) They use a special writing system.
(c) There is no writing system so valuable information is lost.
(d) They use symbols on caves.

4. 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 whips his daughter's legs and tells her to give back the moccasins Little Tree gives to her.
(c) The sharecropper tells Granpa to keep his grandson away from his daughter.
(d) The sharecropper forbids his daughter to speak to Little Tree.

5. What is unusual about the type of church that Little Tree's family attends?
(a) It is the only church so it services various faiths, including Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians and Church of Christ.
(b) It is the only church so the preacher uses many different languages.
(c) The church is only open for services once per month.
(d) The church only allows Cherokee to sit at the back.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the soldiers drive the Cherokee from their land, how do the Cherokee show their pride?

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

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

4. What change does Little Tree make that demonstrates how much he has learned from the loss of the money spent on the calf?

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

(see the answer key)

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