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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Tree imagine of Brother Rush's?
(a) His clothing.
(b) His travels.
(c) His experience.
(d) His speech.

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

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

8. What does Tree see when she returns to the room?
(a) Brother Rush is still there.
(b) Brother Rush has replaced the vision she saw at first.
(c) Her mother has chased Brother Rush out of the room.
(d) Brother Rush is older.

9. What makes Tree run out of her little room?
(a) She wants something to eat.
(b) She feels ill.
(c) She wants her sweater.
(d) She wants to get someone to see Brother Rush.

10. How does the narrator characterize the relationship between Tree and Dab?
(a) They ignore each other as much as possible.
(b) They help each other with everything.
(c) They respect each other's privacy.
(d) They finish each other's sentences.

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

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

13. What does Miss Pricherd do after opening the door?
(a) Goes to the kitchen.
(b) Nearly faints.
(c) Falls to her knees.
(d) Rushes in.

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

15. For how long at a time will Tree and her brother be left along?
(a) Hours.
(b) Hardly any time at all.
(c) Days.
(d) Weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tree really resent about Miss Pricherd?

2. Where is Tree whisked away to?

3. What is Tree thinking about when she arrives home?

4. What is Tree's response to the man on the stoop?

5. What did Tree do in this private place?

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