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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 evidence is given in Chapter 16 that there is prejudice even in the church?
(a) The preacher gives preferential treatment to the rich Episcopalian family who gives a whole dollar for collection.
(b) Cherokee children are not allowed at Sunday School.
(c) The Episcopalians are the only ones who can participate in decisions about the church.
(d) The Cherokee have to stand at the back door and listen to the service.

2. Why does the author include the special relationship between Mr. Wine and Little Tree's family in the story?
(a) To show that despite ethnic and racial differences, people with common values and beliefs can become close friends.
(b) To show that the world has many different types of people.
(c) To show that Little Tree is learning to relate to many different people.
(d) To show that Little Tree has someone to help round out his education.

3. How does Little Tree create a disturbance in church?
(a) He comes in late and falls over in the aisle.
(b) He gives Willow John a harmless snake which jumps on a lady who screams out in church.
(c) He gives Willow John a whistle and he tries it out in church.
(d) He gives Willow John a nickel and a bullfrog that starts a loud croaking in church.

4. How do religious and cultural beliefs cause Little Tree and the sharecropper's daughter to act negatively towards each other?
(a) Little Tree has been taught to distrust Christians, while the girl has been taught that Indians are lazy heathen savages.
(b) Their beliefs cause them to avoid speaking to each other.
(c) They dislike each other because they have different beliefs.
(d) Their beliefs cause them to remain on separate sides of the square at the settlement.

5. The efforts made by the person who actually gets the reverend to release Little Tree from the orphanage symbolize the strength of some relationships. Which relationship is actually involved?
(a) The relationship between an uncle and his nephew.
(b) The relationship between grandparents and grandchildren.
(c) The relationship between two friends.
(d) The relationship between a preacher and his church member.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 16, what does the author suggest about the importance of the church teachings to Granpa and Little Tree?

2. 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?

3. How does the author create sympathy in the reader for Willow John?

4. Why does Willow John leave a long knife in church?

5. Which two incidents destroy Granpa's hope of being able to keep Little Tree?

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

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

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

5. What are the author's reasons for introducing the sharecropper and his daughter to the reader?

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

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

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

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

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

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