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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Tree find in her little room?
(a) Dab.
(b) Brother Rush.
(c) Her teacher.
(d) M'Vy.

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

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

4. What is Tree thinking about when she arrives home?
(a) Her hunger.
(b) Brother Rush.
(c) The rainy weekend.
(d) Her grades.

5. What does Tree see when she returns to the room?
(a) Brother Rush has replaced the vision she saw at first.
(b) Brother Rush is still there.
(c) Brother Rush is older.
(d) Her mother has chased Brother Rush out of the room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Miss Pricherd there to do?

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

3. What makes Tree run out of her little room?

4. What feeling does Tree get about the woman?

5. How is "Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush" narrated?

(see the answer key)

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