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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Tree prayed before she took Miss Pricherd back to the little room again?
(a) That Brother Rush would be gone.
(b) That Miss Pricherd would get Brother Rush to speak.
(c) That Brother Rush would have left a note.
(d) That Brother Rush would still be there.

2. How does the narrator say M'Vy's name was pronounced?
(a) Softly, with longing and melancholy.
(b) Softly, with tenderness.
(c) Assertively, with confidence.
(d) Aggressively.

3. Where is Tree whisked away to?
(a) A car with M'Vy and Dab.
(b) A house where her mother is working.
(c) Miss Pricherd's home.
(d) School.

4. What does Miss Pricherd do after opening the door?
(a) Nearly faints.
(b) Goes to the kitchen.
(c) Rushes in.
(d) Falls to her knees.

5. For how long at a time will Tree and her brother be left along?
(a) Hours.
(b) Hardly any time at all.
(c) Days.
(d) Weeks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Tree tell Miss Pricherd about the little room?

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

4. What is Miss Pricherd there to do?

5. How does Dab make Brother Rush angry, in Tree's vision?

(see the answer key)

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