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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't Tree tell Dab what she saw?
(a) She isn't sure what happened, herself.
(b) She wants to keep it secret.
(c) She promised Brother Rush not to tell.
(d) He won't understand.

2. Where are Brother Rush and the other man going, when Tree was still in the back seat of the car?
(a) A park.
(b) A jazz club.
(c) Someone's house.
(d) A baseball game.

3. What does Tree say Brother Rush's hands are full of?
(a) Pain.
(b) Tenderness.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Power.

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

5. Which literary term describes the dialogue?
(a) Personification.
(b) Dialect.
(c) Transcription.
(d) Characterization.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tree broach the subject of Brother Rush?

2. What does Tree tell Dab to do?

3. How does the narrator characterize Silversmith?

4. Why does M'Vy say she kept quiet about her family?

5. What movie does Tree think Dab looks like he might be in, when she visits him later?

(see the answer key)

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