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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What time of day does it always seem to be in Tree's house?
(a) Night.
(b) Afternoon.
(c) Noon.
(d) Dawn.

5. Why doesn't Dab get up?
(a) He is lazy.
(b) He says that everything hurts.
(c) He is sick.
(d) He is tired from being up all night.

6. What does Tree do for Dab?
(a) She cleans his room.
(b) She washes him in bed.
(c) She makes breakfast.
(d) She makes Miss Pricherd go away.

7. What makes the baby happy?
(a) The insects in the field.
(b) The mother.
(c) Brother Rush.
(d) The sunlight.

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

9. Whose funeral does Dab say he attended, while Tree was in the vision in the car?
(a) Uncle Willie's.
(b) Brother Rush's.
(c) Miss Pricherd's.
(d) M'Vy's.

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

11. What answer does Brother Rush give to Tree's question?
(a) He says that he is going home.
(b) He tells Tree to help him.
(c) He does not answer.
(d) He says that she cannot help him.

12. Where is Tree whisked away to?
(a) School.
(b) A car with M'Vy and Dab.
(c) A house where her mother is working.
(d) Miss Pricherd's home.

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

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

15. How did Brother Rush die?
(a) Illness.
(b) In an accident at the plant.
(c) In a car accident.
(d) In a knife fight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which literary term describes the dialogue?

2. What sound woke Tree?

3. What snaps Tree back to the present?

4. Why does M'Vy ring the bell?

5. What does Tree do when she sees her mother?

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