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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Tree?
(a) Teresa.
(b) Teresa's teacher.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Teresa's brother.

2. What does Tree see when she takes Brother Rush's gloves?
(a) Soft tender palms.
(b) Tattoos on his hands.
(c) He is missing part of a finger.
(d) Scars and sores on his hands.

3. What causes the car accident that kills Brother Rush?
(a) Another car.
(b) A bicycle in the road.
(c) A child in the road.
(d) A dog in the road.

4. What does M'Vy know will happen when she takes Dab to the hospital?
(a) He will be cured for good.
(b) He will be taken from her.
(c) He will never leave.
(d) He will die.

5. Why has Brother Rush covered his face, in Tree's vision?
(a) To guard against sunlight.
(b) To hide from M'Vy.
(c) To hide his feelings.
(d) To keep from seeing things that upset him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tree do when she sees her mother?

2. What does Miss Pricherd do after opening the door?

3. How does the narrator characterize the relationship between Tree and Dab?

4. What is Tree afraid of?

5. Why doesn't Dab get up?

(see the answer key)

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