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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which literary term describes the dialogue?
(a) Transcription.
(b) Characterization.
(c) Personification.
(d) Dialect.

4. What is Miss Pricherd there to do?
(a) Help Tree with her homework.
(b) Take Dab to school.
(c) Clean the house.
(d) Bring food.

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

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

7. Where is Dab when Tree and M'Vy are in the little room?
(a) In the living room reading.
(b) In bed.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) In the doorway.

8. How does the narrator characterize Tree's feeling, standing in the little room with Brother Rush?
(a) She feels like she is dreaming, and anything is possible.
(b) She feels like the laws of time and gravity do not apply to her.
(c) She feels like she is not herself any more.
(d) She feels transported to a faraway place.

9. What feeling does Tree get about the woman?
(a) That the baby is Brother Rush.
(b) That she is the woman's sister.
(c) That the baby is her mother.
(d) That she is the woman and the baby.

10. What does the man on the stoop remind Tree of?
(a) A do-wah singer.
(b) A beggar.
(c) A blues musician.
(d) A fighter.

11. When does Chapter 5 begin?
(a) Saturday morning.
(b) Sunday night.
(c) Monday morning.
(d) Friday afternoon.

12. What broken thing makes Tree wonder why broken things aren't fixed?
(a) The faucet.
(b) The banister on the stairs.
(c) The window.
(d) The doorknob.

13. How does Tree characterize the man on the stoop?
(a) Dark-skinned and mournful-looking.
(b) A little bit odd, and sensitive looking.
(c) Intelligent looking and aloof.
(d) Good looking with freckles.

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

15. What had Tree prayed before she took Miss Pricherd back to the little room again?
(a) That Brother Rush would still be there.
(b) That Brother Rush would have left a note.
(c) That Miss Pricherd would get Brother Rush to speak.
(d) That Brother Rush would be gone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tree afraid of?

2. Who else does Tree play with, in this vision?

3. How does Dab make Brother Rush angry, in Tree's vision?

4. What does Dab tell Tree that is meant to put her concerns to rest?

5. What does Tree see when she returns to the room?

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