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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Tree run out of her little room?
(a) She feels ill.
(b) She wants something to eat.
(c) She wants to get someone to see Brother Rush.
(d) She wants her sweater.

2. How does the narrator characterize the rooms in Tree's house?
(a) Haunted.
(b) Tiny.
(c) Lonely.
(d) Filthy.

3. What snaps Tree back to the present?
(a) She is called by her mother.
(b) Dab comes into the room.
(c) She gets hungry.
(d) A breeze blows through.

4. What is Tree thinking about when she arrives home?
(a) Brother Rush.
(b) Her grades.
(c) The rainy weekend.
(d) Her hunger.

5. How does Tree approach the recognition that Brother Rush is her brother?
(a) She wonders 'why me'.
(b) She is afraid.
(c) She is incredulous.
(d) She is grateful for the knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Tree been sitting in the dark?

2. How is "Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush" narrated?

3. How does the narrator say M'Vy's name was pronounced?

4. What makes Tree realize that Brother Rush is a ghost?

5. Who notices Teresa?

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