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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, "A Night on the Mountain".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 4, why does Little Tree feel grown-up?
(a) He is allowed to prepare the food.
(b) Granma gives him a deer shirt like Granpa's to wear.
(c) Granpa lets him go up the trail by himself.
(d) Granma teaches him to make his own shirt.

2. Which of the following is the best alternate title for Chapter 14?
(a) The Men from Chattanooga.
(b) City Slickers Outwit Mountain Dwellers.
(c) .Little Tree Defends His Mountain.
(d) Granma's Special Brew.

3. What helps to determine whether Granpa and Granma light the coal oil lamp in the evenings during winter?
(a) The cost of a nickel to fill the coal oil lamp.
(b) The time when they go to bed.
(c) The weather.
(d) The time when the sun sets.

4. 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 a special writing system.
(b) There is no writing system so valuable information is lost.
(c) They use the oral tradition in which stories are used to pass on information.
(d) They use symbols on caves.

5. In his reaction to this visitor, what characteristics does Little Tree display that he will have to overcome in order to avoid difficulties with some people outside his family?
(a) Little Tree is gullible and trusting.
(b) Little Tree does not pay close attention when others are speaking.
(c) Little Tree is afraid to trust others.
(d) Little Tree is tempted to take more food than he should.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Little Tree when the novel begins?

2. What is the Trail of Tears?

3. What do Little Tree and the sharecropper's daughter have in common?

4. At the end of Chapter 2, how does Little Tree feel?

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

(see the answer key)

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