- What does the last butterfly teach Little Tree about dying?
- Why do the man and woman want to put Little Tree in an orphanage?
- For what reasons do Granpa and Granma decide they must turn Little Tree over to the orphanage?
- Why does Granma want Little Tree to look at the Dog Star? Why do you think she makes a point of telling Little Tree that his parents were married by the Cherokees?
- Find an example of personification illustrating how Carter uses his descriptions of nature to show that Little Tree belongs on the mountain with his grandparents.