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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Tree know Brother Rush's name?
(a) He tells her.
(b) His clothing is embroidered with it.
(c) It just comes to her.
(d) Her friends told her.

2. How is "Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush" narrated?
(a) Second person.
(b) Third person omniscient.
(c) First person.
(d) Third person limited.

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

4. Where does Tree feel like she is transported to?
(a) A ghetto.
(b) A factory at the turn of the century.
(c) A farm field.
(d) A nice house with a yard.

5. What is Teresa doing at the beginning of "Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush"?
(a) Shopping with her mother.
(b) Taking care of the brothers.
(c) Walking home from school.
(d) Her homework.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man on the stoop remind Tree of?

2. What makes Tree run out of her little room?

3. Why doesn't Tree tell Dab what she saw?

4. Who notices Teresa?

5. How does Teresa respond to being noticed?

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