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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dab see when he comes to the little room with her?

2. What is Miss Pricherd there to do?

3. What makes Dab cry?

4. Which literary term describes the dialogue?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Miss Pricherd see in the little room when Tree takes her back there?

2. Describe Tree's experience at Binnie's house.

3. What is Tree and Dab's relationship with their mother like?

4. Where is Tree transported to?

5. What interrupts Tree's first experience with Brother Rush?

6. Describe Brother Rush as Tree first sees him.

7. What happens when Tree finally gets to talk to her mother?

8. What makes the baby happy?

9. What is Tree as a cook?

10. How is Dab described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Dab's illness seem to be, and how important is it that we know exactly what it is? Considering how his health affects the rest of the story, does it matter what it is, exactly?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Miss Pricherd and M'Vy. How are they similar? How are they different? Which one is a better mother figure for Tree? What are the advantages and disadvantages of either one, as a mother?

Essay Topic 3

What do you think Tree's daughter would see if she were to find a little room in her own house, twenty or thirty years into the future? Will Tree tell her daughter everything, do you think, or will she be open about the things she is ashamed of?

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