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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. Why does Little Tree believe that the incident in which he gets into trouble with the teacher eventually leads to Granpa coming for him?
(a) Because he knows that Grandpa will feel his suffering in the weeping of the wind.
(b) Because he sneaks a letter to Granma complaining about his punishment.
(c) Because he tells them through the Dog Star every night about what happens, and that he wants to go home.
(d) Because that night he dreams that Granpa comes for him.

2. In regard to leaving the orphanage, how does Granpa reveal that he wants Little Tree to continue learning to make his own decisions?
(a) Granpa tells the reverend to call Little Tree, and they ask him if he wants to go home.
(b) Granpa goes to the gate of the orphanage and lets Little Tree decide whether to go home with him.
(c) Granpa sends Pine Billy to the orphanage to find out if Little Tree wants to go home.
(d) Granpa tells Granma to write a letter that Pine Billy takes to Little Tree asking if he wants to go home.

3. What does the author imply might be the reason for the special bond that exists between Mr. Wine and Little Tree's family?
(a) Thay they have both lost many relatives.
(b) That they both have lost their "Nation" and have relatives scattered all over.
(c) That they both place a great emphasis on education.
(d) That they have both experienced prejudice and exclusion.

4. In teaching Little Tree, how does Mr. Wine reinforce Granma's lessons about the spirit-mind and the body-mind?
(a) He says some education is technical and some is spiritual.
(b) He says some education is for work and some for appreciating life.
(c) He says some education is practical and some is theoretical.
(d) He says there is modern, technical education to help you make a living and there is the education that makes you honest and caring.

5. What is unusual about the type of church that Little Tree's family attends?
(a) The church only allows Cherokee to sit at the back.
(b) It is the only church so the preacher uses many different languages.
(c) It is the only church so it services various faiths, including Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians and Church of Christ.
(d) The church is only open for services once per month.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the reverend at the orphanage continue the prejudice that Little Tree has suffered throughout his life?

2. What advice from Granma does Little Tree follow to help him get through his need for communication with his grandparents?

3. Who plays the most significant role in getting Little Tree back from the orphanage, thereby demonstrating the deep bond between them?

4. Referring to people who like to take and give handouts, what similarity does Granpa describe between some people and some countries?

5. In the incident when Granpa sees the old farmhouse in the clearing, why is Granpa surprised by the soldier's treatment of the people on the farm when he returns there later?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the early symbols in Chapter 20 of Little Tree's excitement that he is home from the orphanage?

2. What examples of prejudice and misunderstanding does Little Tree encounter at the orphanage?

3. Give an example from Chapter 12 of how well the author uses vivid description to convey a picture of Spring to the reader.

4. How and why does Granpa's approach to people in church who are badly off differ from the approach of others?

5. How does Little Tree's love of nature help him through the misery he feels at the orphanage?

6. Why isn't Granpa interested in talking to Mr. Slick and Mr. Chunk about putting him to work on a big whiskey still?

7. In what ways does the author communicate to the reader the growing fear and grief experienced by Granpa, Granma and Little Tree at the prospect of their separation?

8. In what two ways do Granpa and Granma help to create a sense of worth in Little Tree during Chapter 15?

9. Write a short character sketch of Mr. Wine and summarize his role in the story.

10. Identify two specific lessons that Little Tree learns from his family and that are reinforced by Mr. Wine.

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