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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would be the most appropriate alternate title for Chapter 4?
(a) The Fox outwits the Hounds.
(b) Little Tree Takes A Fox.
(c) Mountain Hunting.
(d) Granpa's Way of Hunting.

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

3. In Chapter 10 how does the author demonstrate that Little Tree has a conscience?
(a) He tells Mr.Jenkins that one bottle of whiskey is not filled up right.
(b) He gives Mr. Jenkins the unopened candy he finds on the floor.
(c) He feels bad to accept candy from Mr. Jenkins just for taking up woodchips.
(d) He gives back coins to Granpa that he finds in the kitchen.

4. According to Granma, what happens to people who use the body-living mind for greedy purposes?
(a) They are the ones who acquire wealth and power.
(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 suffer because other people hate their prosperity.

5. 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?
(a) Little Bee.
(b) Little Hawk.
(c) Little Cherokee.
(d) Little Bear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Little Tree planning to do with the extra coins he is keeping in his pocket from his savings?

2. What is Little Tree especially proud of in Chapter 9?

3. In Chapter 2, how does Little Tree demonstrate that he has learned Granpa's lesson about nature's ways?

4. How do the visitor's ambitions contrast with the values of Granpa and Granma?

5. How does the driver of the vehicle who takes Little Tree to his new home treat Granma and Granpa?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what does the author reveal about Granpa's views on politicians and authority figures?

2. How does Granpa's attitude to fox hunting make him special and show his regard for nature?

3. What is the significance of the title of the chapter "I kin ye Bonnie Bee"?

4. Summarize the episode between Pine Billy and Smokehouse and say why it creates humor.

5. How does the behavior of some of the people on the bus help to introduce one of the themes of the novel?

6. How does Little Tree's independent selection of a secret place inform the reader about his character?

7. State an important purpose that is served by this chapter in regard to the social setting of the book.

8. How does the revelation of Granpa's trade help to shed light on the reason for his earlier objection to one of George Washington's laws?

9. How does Granpa use the whiskey trade to give Little Tree a sense of belonging in the family, and how do readers know that it works?

10. At the end of Chapter 2, why does the author end with a poem?

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