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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 is the importance of the way Chapter 12 ends?
(a) To demonstrate that the Cherokee way of life has serious dangers.
(b) To demonstrate that everyone in the family has an important role.
(c) To demonstrate that time is running out for the family.
(d) To demonstrate how grave danger has cemented the bonds among the members of the family.

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

3. In Chapter 16, what does the author suggest about the importance of the church teachings to Granpa and Little Tree?
(a) Granpa doesn't believe any of it but he wants Little Tree to work it out for himself.
(b) They don't fully understand what the church is about and are confused about the Bible stories.
(c) They are very involved in the church teachings and make certain they discuss the Bible stories for full understanding.
(d) Granpa leaves this part of Little Tree's lessons to Granma.

4. How do the two men from Chattanooga make fun of Little Tree?
(a) They call him an unpleasant name because he does not recollect his father.
(b) They laugh at his moccasins.
(c) They call him uneducated.
(d) They tease him about belonging nowhere.

5. What advice from Granma does Little Tree follow to help him get through his need for communication with his grandparents?
(a) He watches the mountain range in the distance and communicates with his family.
(b) He watches the moon and tells it his secrets.
(c) He watches the Milky Way and communicates with his family.
(d) He watches the Dog Star from his window and imagines conversations with Granma, Granpa and Willow John.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the author include the special relationship between Mr. Wine and Little Tree's family in the story?

2. The author implies there is a special bond between Willow John and Little Tree, despite the difference in their ages. What is the cause of this bond?

3. In teaching Little Tree, how does Mr. Wine reinforce Granma's lessons about the spirit-mind and the body-mind?

4. What does the author imply might be the reason for the special bond that exists between Mr. Wine and Little Tree's family?

5. What is the first thing that Little Tree does on the trail when he is going home from the orphanage?

Short Essay Questions

1. During an incident in Chapter 13, poor people on the farm in the clearing are harassed and killed by government authorities. What part does this incident play in the novel?

2. What are the main purposes served by the incident in which Granpa is bitten by the rattlesnake?

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

4. Give a brief summary of the events related by Granpa that lead to Little Tree's return from the orphanage.

5. What does Chapter 16 suggest about the place of church going in the lives of Little Tree's family?

6. How do Granpa and Little Tree continue to make sure that as much as possible is learned from Little's Tree loss in the calf purchase?

7. What purpose does Willow John serve in the novel?

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

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

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

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