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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 13-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Tree always want to be held by?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Dab.
(c) Brother Rush.
(d) Her father.

2. What wakes Tree up, after she decides to run away?
(a) Miss Pricherd is cleaning Dab's room.
(b) Her mother and Silversmith are getting ready to go out.
(c) She hears an odd noise from the little room.
(d) She thought she heard Dab calling her.

3. What happens when Tree goes to the little room?
(a) She sees Brother Rush's funeral.
(b) Brother Rush is not there.
(c) Brother Rush tells her more stories.
(d) She sees scenes from M'Vy's childhood.

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

5. What is Tree's nightmare?
(a) That the ground opened up beneath her and Dab.
(b) That M'Vy could not save her and Dab from falling.
(c) That she fell from a high wire.
(d) That she could not keep Dab from falling from a high wire.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Teresa respond to being noticed?

2. How does the narrator characterize the relationship between Tree and Don?

3. What detail does Tree seize on in Brother Rush's story?

4. How old is the Brother Rush driving in the car?

5. What was M'Vy's experience in the little room?

(see the answer key)

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