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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 have left a note.
(b) That Brother Rush would be gone.
(c) That Brother Rush would still be there.
(d) That Miss Pricherd would get Brother Rush to speak.

2. What snaps Tree back to the present?
(a) She gets hungry.
(b) Dab comes into the room.
(c) A breeze blows through.
(d) She is called by her mother.

3. What does Dab tell Tree that is meant to put her concerns to rest?
(a) That he can still roll over.
(b) That he is feeling much better.
(c) That he is thinking about going to school today.
(d) That he is going to die soon.

4. Who showed up by six p.m.?
(a) Silversmith.
(b) Miss Pricherd.
(c) M'Vy.
(d) Brother Rush.

5. What is the woman holding who Tree sees in this place?
(a) Tools.
(b) A baby.
(c) A horse's reins.
(d) Fabric.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tree know Brother Rush's name?

2. What broken thing makes Tree wonder why broken things aren't fixed?

3. What does Tree give Miss Pricherd?

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

5. How does the narrator characterize Tree's feeling, standing in the little room with Brother Rush?

(see the answer key)

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