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The Education of Little Tree Quiz

Asa Earl Carter

This Study Guide consists of approximately 69 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Education of Little Tree.

The Education of Little Tree by Asa Earl Carter

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Chapter 1, "Little Tree"

Chapter 2, "The Way"

Chapter 3, "Shadows on a Cabin Wall"

Chapter 4, "Fox and Hounds"

Chapter 5, "I Kin Ye, Bonnie Bee"

Chapter 6, "To Know The Past"

Chapter 7, "Pine Billy"

Chapter 8, "The Secret Place"

Chapter 9, "Granpa's Trade"

Chapter 10, "Trading with a Christian"

Chapter 11, "At the Crossroads Store"

Chapter 12, "A Dangerous Adventure"

Chapter 13, "The Farm in the Clearing"

Chapter 14, "A Night on the Mountain"

Chapter 15, "Willow John"

Chapter 16, "Church-Going"

Chapter 17, "Mr. Wine"

Chapter 18, "Down From the Mountain"

Chapter 19, "The Dog Star"

Chapter 20, "Home Again"

Chapter 21, "The Passing Song"

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

How do religious and cultural beliefs cause Little Tree and the sharecropper's daughter to act negatively towards each other? (from Chapter 11, "At the Crossroads Store")

Their beliefs cause them to avoid speaking to each other.

They dislike each other because they have different beliefs.

Their beliefs cause them to remain on separate sides of the square at the settlement.

Little Tree has been taught to distrust Christians, while the girl has been taught that Indians are lazy heathen savages.

2.

How does Little Tree describe the effect of returning to his secret place in Chapter 20? (from Chapter 20, "Home Again")

He says he feels refreshed when he sees the creek.

He says the memory of the orphanage is washed away by the stream.

Little Tree says his spirit has stopped hurting, and he feels washed clean by the trees, the spring branch and the birds.

He says the memory of his suffering is blown away by the wind.

3.

Why does Mr. Wine light a candle at a special time? (from Chapter 17, "Mr. Wine")

He believes that it is a way of sharing thoughts with his scattered relatives who light candles at the same time.

It is in memory of his grandson.

It is time for the Jewish evening prayer.

It is part of the Jewish ritual.

4.

In what two ways does the author introduce humor in the incident with the two men from Chattanooga? (from Chapter 14, "A Night on the Mountain")

By describing how Granpa leads them to the edge of the cliff and taunts them until they beg for forgiveness.

By describing how the men fall into poison ivy and how Granma cooks them fish with roots that cause diarrhea.

By describing how Little Tree sets the hounds on them and they are chased into the freezing river.

By describing how Little Tree outwits them and sends them running from the hounds.

5.

What is Little Tree learning from the way in which Granma and Granpa deal with any extra money that they get from the whiskey? (from Chapter 9, "Granpa's Trade")

To make a list of things to buy with extra money.

The importance of giving extra money to those who are worse off.

To take the money to the bank.

The importance of saving extra money.

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