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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is M'Vy worried the doctors will think when they see Dab?
(a) That she is unfit as a mother.
(b) That he is hooked on drugs.
(c) That M'Vy won't be able to afford to pay for his care.
(d) That he will die.

2. What answer does Brother Rush give to Tree's question?
(a) He does not answer.
(b) He says that he is going home.
(c) He says that she cannot help him.
(d) He tells Tree to help him.

3. What detail does Tree seize on in Brother Rush's story?
(a) Other car accidents in the family.
(b) Other brothers.
(c) Other disappearing fathers.
(d) Other family members.

4. What does Tree feel when the note on the fridge makes her laugh?
(a) Guilty for laughing while Dab is sick.
(b) Guilty for not being with Dab in the hospital.
(c) Relief, as if now things will be alright.
(d) Delighted by Silversmith's sense of humor.

5. How does the narrator characterize the rooms in Tree's house?
(a) Haunted.
(b) Tiny.
(c) Filthy.
(d) Lonely.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dab tell Tree that is meant to put her concerns to rest?

2. What does Tree insist on at the funeral?

3. Where are Brother Rush and the other man going, when Tree was still in the back seat of the car?

4. What does Tree say Brother Rush's hands are full of?

5. How does the narrator say M'Vy's name was pronounced?

(see the answer key)

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