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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tree imagine of Brother Rush's?
(a) His experience.
(b) His clothing.
(c) His travels.
(d) His speech.

2. What does Brother Rush do at night?
(a) Sing in a nightclub.
(b) Work at a meat packing plant.
(c) Deliver numbers.
(d) Play jazz.

3. What did Tree do in this private place?
(a) Fantasize.
(b) Draw.
(c) Cry.
(d) Write.

4. How did Brother Rush die?
(a) Illness.
(b) In a knife fight.
(c) In an accident at the plant.
(d) In a car accident.

5. When does Chapter 5 begin?
(a) Friday afternoon.
(b) Monday morning.
(c) Sunday night.
(d) Saturday morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tree's mother do for work?

2. Where does Tree feel like she is transported to?

3. Which literary term describes the dialogue?

4. What is the woman holding who Tree sees in this place?

5. How does the narrator characterize Dab's intellectual power?

(see the answer key)

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