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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Cherokee who escape from the soldiers into the hollows survive?
(a) They journey to the neighboring village and set up a camp.
(b) They live off fishing, wild game and sweet root and stay as silent as they can to avoid detection.
(c) They hide on the other side of the mountain and survive by hunting deer.
(d) They live in caves and survive by fishing in the nearby creek.

2. According to Chapter 3, how does Granpa feel about politicians and authority figures?
(a) Granpa is afraid of politicians and authority figures.
(b) Granpa likes to hear about politicians and authority figures.
(c) Granpa does not like politicians and authority figures.
(d) Granpa believes politicians and authority figures are necessary to keep order.

3. How does Granpa help Little Tree relate the lessons about nature to the behavior of some people?
(a) Granpa says that people who take more than their share cause jealousy.
(b) Granpa says that people who take more than their share cause others to starve.
(c) Granpa says that people who take more than their share do better than others.
(d) Granpa teaches Little Tree that people who store and take more than their share contribute to wars, land-grabbing and changing nature's ways.

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 deaf.
(d) She thinks Granpa is being rude.

5. In the narration, Little Tree says he discovers later on that Granma only read some parts of the stories about George Washington. What reason does Little Tree suggest for this?
(a) She thinks Granpa will get angry.
(b) She doesn't want to upset Little Tree.
(c) She doesn't want Little Tree exposed to violent stories.
(d) She wants Granpa to have someone to admire.

6. What two important characteristics of Granpa are revealed by the description of the fox and the hounds episode?
(a) His immense respect for nature and animals and his sense of humor.
(b) Grandpa's great ability to catch foxes and control the hounds.
(c) Granpa's speed and agility.
(d) Granpa's love for swimming and diving.

7. Where does Granma get books to read to Little Tree and Granpa?
(a) Granma reads books that Little Tree brought with him from his parents' home.
(b) Granma buys books at the settlement store.
(c) Granma reads books that Little Tree brings them from the school at the settlement.
(d) Little Tree and Granpa collect them from the library at the settlement.

8. Why is it important for the author to reveal that Granpa and Granma have friends who visit them?
(a) To make it clear that everyone is not racially prejudiced.
(b) To make it clear that Little Tree is kept away from adults who are not Cherokee.
(c) To make it clear that Little Tree's grandparents are not bringing him up in a way that isolates him from other people.
(d) To make it clear that Little Tree is being protected.

9. Which books are Granma's favorites to read?
(a) Shakespeare's plays.
(b) Books with poems and songs about children.
(c) Bible stories.
(d) Books about the Cherokees.

10. 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) There is no writing system so valuable information is lost.
(c) They use symbols on caves.
(d) They use a special writing system.

11. What can the reader deduce about the author's intention in describing Cherokee beliefs and values in Chapter 8?
(a) He intends to be respectful of the Cherokee beliefs and values.
(b) He intends to show how different the Cherokee beliefs are from American beliefs.
(c) He intends to show that the Cherokee beliefs and values will make Little Tree feel like an outsider.
(d) He intends to ridicule the Cherokee's beliefs.

12. Why does the author show that important lessons for Little Tree come from Granma and not Granpa?
(a) To show that Granma is more knowledgeable about important things.
(b) To show that there is a bond between Granma and Little Tree that does not exist between Little Tree and Granpa.
(c) To show that Granpa has no spiritual side so Granma has to do it.
(d) To show that both his grandparents play equally important roles in shaping his development.

13. How does Granpa help Little Tree overcome feeling empty and sad after Ringer's death?
(a) He tells him he will feel better in a few days.
(b) He tells him to accept that Ringer is better off as he won't suffer anymore.
(c) He says the only way not to feel empty and sad is never to love anything, but then he will always feel sad and empty.
(d) He tells him to remember the good times with Ringer.

14. At the end of Chapter 2, how does Little Tree feel?
(a) Pride.
(b) Sympathy for the small animals.
(c) Satisfaction about being grown up.
(d) Overwhelmed.

15. How does Granpa teach Little Tree respect for the small creatures in Chapter 8?
(a) To avoid disturbing the frogs' songs by walking on tiptoes.
(b) To set the spiders back in the ferns when they fall into the water.
(c) To stay away from the spiders and the frogs.
(d) To catch the tadpoles and place them in a jar for safety.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Little Tree set the coal oil can down when the lady in the black car speaks to them?

2. How does Granpa help Little Tree to accept the death of Ringer after he is bludgeoned in the mountains?

3. Who is Smokehouse and what role does he play in Chapter 7?

4. What reasons are given in Chapter 4 for Granpa to keep the hounds?

5. What does Little Tree find interesting that makes him watch the umbrella spider for hours?

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