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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Tree broach the subject of Brother Rush?
(a) She describes him as if he were a stranger.
(b) She says she saw him.
(c) She asks straight out what happened to him.
(d) She asks M'Vy if she believes in ghosts.

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

3. Why doesn't Tree appreciate Miss Pricherd's arrival?
(a) She always makes a big mess of things.
(b) She always invites all her friends over.
(c) She always stays too long and asks too many questions.
(d) She always eats all the food in the house.

4. Why doesn't Tree tell Dab what she saw?
(a) He won't understand.
(b) She promised Brother Rush not to tell.
(c) She wants to keep it secret.
(d) She isn't sure what happened, herself.

5. Who is Tree?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Teresa's brother.
(c) Teresa's teacher.
(d) Teresa.

6. Where does Tree feel like she is transported to?
(a) A factory at the turn of the century.
(b) A ghetto.
(c) A nice house with a yard.
(d) A farm field.

7. Who notices Teresa?
(a) Her teachers.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Boys on the corner.

8. Where does Tree look for Miss Pricherd first?
(a) Dab's room.
(b) Her room.
(c) The little room.
(d) The kitchen.

9. What explanation did Tree use to explain what Miss Pricherd saw?
(a) It was just her imagination.
(b) It was just light and shadows.
(c) It was the ghost of her brother.
(d) It was a reflection from across the way.

10. How does Tree approach the recognition that Brother Rush is her brother?
(a) She wonders 'why me'.
(b) She is grateful for the knowledge.
(c) She is afraid.
(d) She is incredulous.

11. Who is Dab?
(a) Tree's teacher.
(b) Tree's brother.
(c) Tree's cousin.
(d) The man on the stoop.

12. What does Tree give Miss Pricherd?
(a) ork to help Tree with.
(b) A list of chores.
(c) A list of homework to help Tree with.
(d) Money from her mother.

13. What does Tree give Miss Pricherd when she leaves?
(a) A marketing list.
(b) Money.
(c) Drawings.
(d) Food.

14. How does Dab make Brother Rush angry, in Tree's vision?
(a) He throws Tree's socks out the window.
(b) He tries to jump out of the car.
(c) He wets himself.
(d) He almost knocks Tree out of the car.

15. What does Tree tell Dab to do?
(a) His homework.
(b) Take a bath.
(c) Leave her alone.
(d) Help her clean her room.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is Tree like as a student?

4. What does Dab see when he comes to the little room with her?

5. What is Dab upset about at dinner?

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