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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 is Brother Rush holding in his hand?
(a) Car keys.
(b) A mirror-like object.
(c) A baby.
(d) A window frame.

2. Whose eyes did Tree realize she was seeing through?
(a) Her mother's.
(b) A stranger's.
(c) Her grandmother's.
(d) Brother Rush's.

3. How old is Dab?
(a) 17.
(b) 19.
(c) 15.
(d) 13.

4. How is "Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush" narrated?
(a) Third person limited.
(b) Second person.
(c) First person.
(d) Third person omniscient.

5. What is Tree's response to the man on the stoop?
(a) She is sympathetic.
(b) She is smitten.
(c) She is intimidated.
(d) She is afraid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the baby happy?

2. How did Brother Rush die?

3. What sound woke Tree?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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