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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does the narrator say M'Vy's name was pronounced?
(a) Assertively, with confidence.
(b) Softly, with tenderness.
(c) Softly, with longing and melancholy.
(d) Aggressively.

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

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

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

7. 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.

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

9. Where does Tree go back to?
(a) Brother Rush's bar.
(b) A baseball game.
(c) Brother Rush's Buick.
(d) M'Vy's old house.

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

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

12. What is Dab upset about at dinner?
(a) His stomach hurts.
(b) He is confused about Brother Rush.
(c) He is afraid M'Vy won't come home.
(d) He didn't know where Tree went when she was in the vision with Brother Rush.

13. What does Dab tell Tree that is meant to put her concerns to rest?
(a) That he is thinking about going to school today.
(b) That he can still roll over.
(c) That he is going to die soon.
(d) That he is feeling much better.

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

15. What does Dab do all day?
(a) Walks around the neighbor.
(b) Watches television.
(c) Goes to school.
(d) Stays in bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the baby happy?

2. What answer does Brother Rush give to Tree's question?

3. Why does Tree tell Dab to get up?

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

5. Where does Brother Rush take Tree and Dab?

(see the answer keys)

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