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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, "Mr. Wine".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Little Tree and the sharecropper's daughter have in common?
(a) Both live off the land and have a strong sense of pride.
(b) Both are being deprived of education.
(c) Both are poor.
(d) Both are exposed to the challenges of being young in an adult world.

2. According to Granma, what happens to people who use the body-living mind for greedy purposes?
(a) They suffer because other people hate their prosperity.
(b) The spirit-mind shrinks and in rebirth, the child is born with a small spirit-mind that could eventually disappear and be completely lost.
(c) They suffer because they have no spirit of generosity.
(d) They are the ones who acquire wealth and power.

3. What does Granma make for Little Tree to wear for his first walk up the trail with Granpa?
(a) A hat to protect him from the sun.
(b) A bag to take his food.
(c) Boot moccasins.
(d) A warm coat.

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

5. What is the Trail of Tears?
(a) The journey made by Cherokee each year to commemorate the loss of their nation.
(b) The journey towards the burial ground of the Cherokee.
(c) The path up the mountain where Cherokee go to mourn their dead.
(d) The journey made by the Cherokee Nation when army soldiers force them to move to new lands.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes the main theme of Chapter 2?

2. At the end of Chapter 1, what kind of house is Little Tree taken to by his grandparents?

3. When Little Tree demonstrates that he has learned the lessons about nature, what name does Granpa say he would give him if he didn't have a name already?

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. How do the events in Chapter 12 demonstrate the importance of Granma's knowledge of plants and herbs?

(see the answer key)

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