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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sound woke Tree?
(a) M'Vy putting her purse down.
(b) Her own screams in a dream.
(c) Dab's cries.
(d) Brother Rush appearing beside her.

2. What was NOT stored in the room Tree claimed as her private place?
(a) Old shoes.
(b) Her father's things.
(c) A broken TV.
(d) Comic books.

3. Who does Tree realize she is, in this vision?
(a) The house.
(b) The woman.
(c) The baby.
(d) The field.

4. What doe Brother Rush do to Dab, in Tree's vision?
(a) Puts him upright on his lap in the front seat.
(b) Comforts him.
(c) Throws him out of the car.
(d) Throws him into the back seat.

5. What happens when Miss Pricherd opens the door to Tree's little room?
(a) Tree screams.
(b) She sees Brother Rush.
(c) Tree comes barging in.
(d) Nothing happens.

6. 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 going to die soon.
(c) That he is thinking about going to school today.
(d) That he is feeling much better.

7. What does Tree ask Brother Rush?
(a) Where he is going.
(b) Why he is doing this to her.
(c) What she can do for him.
(d) Whether he is alright.

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

9. What makes Dab cry?
(a) He misses M'Vy.
(b) Tree says that she is going to tie him to the bed.
(c) He doesn't feel good.
(d) The dog barks at him.

10. How does Teresa respond to being noticed?
(a) She screams and runs away.
(b) She pretends she is not noticed.
(c) She calls back rowdily.
(d) She clutches her books to her.

11. How does the narrator characterize M'Vy when she comes into the little room with Tree?
(a) Very scared.
(b) Sad.
(c) Confused.
(d) Calm.

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

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

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

15. Who else does Tree play with, in this vision?
(a) Children she doesn't know.
(b) Dab.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Pricherd do after opening the door?

2. What does Tree asks M'Vy about Dab?

3. What does Tree reach for when she wakes up in the middle of the night?

4. What does Brother Rush do at night?

5. What is Brother Rush holding in his hand?

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