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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, "A Dangerous Adventure".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Little Tree planning to do with the extra coins he is keeping in his pocket from his savings?
(a) Buy candy for the sharecropper's daughter.
(b) Buy a dictionary to learn new words.
(c) Buy a hat for Granpa.
(d) Buy a candy box for Granma's Christmas present.

2. Which character comes to visit the family in Chapter 7?
(a) The sharecropper.
(b) The preacher.
(c) Pine Billy.
(d) The lady from the big, black car.

3. What does the visitor in Chapter 7 do at dinner that tempts Little Tree to forget one of his lessons about taking things?
(a) He brings only three small corns so Little Tree has to do without.
(b) He tells Little Tree he can have one of the corns, and Little Tree is tempted to take the biggest one.
(c) He wears bright yellow high-top shoes that Little Tree secretly craves.
(d) He takes three slices of Granma's sweet potato pie, and Little Tree silently craves the last slice.

4. Why is the lady in the black car frustrated by Granpa's answer?
(a) Granpa directs them toward a mountain, due west.
(b) She thinks Granpa is a foreigner.
(c) She thinks Granpa is being rude.
(d) She thinks Granpa is deaf.

5. How do the visitor's ambitions contrast with the values of Granpa and Granma?
(a) The visitor is intent on getting rich while Granpa and Granma have no interest in having more than they need to survive.
(b) The visitor wants quick riches but Granpa and Granma prefer to get rich by selling crops.
(c) The visitor wants money but Granma and Granpa don't want to be rich, they just want to protect Little Tree's inheritance.
(d) The visitor wants to get easy money but Granpa and Granma know they own inherited land so they need no schemes to get rich.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which three people does Little Tree learn about from Granpa's stories in Chapter 5?

2. What does Little Tree learn about Granpa when he hears him say "I kin ye Bonnie Bee"?

3. How does the author use contrast to show different lifestyles and characters in Chapter 7?

4. Granma accidentally reads about a law introduced by George Washington and this gets Granpa very angry. What law is this?

5. What helps to determine whether Granpa and Granma light the coal oil lamp in the evenings during winter?

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