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

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 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.

5. What does Tree cook for Dab and herself?
(a) Spaghetti.
(b) Chicken and rice.
(c) Eggs and toast.
(d) Macaroni and cheese.

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

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

8. Who notices Teresa?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Boys on the corner.
(d) Her teachers.

9. What is Tree afraid of?
(a) What Miss Pricherd saw.
(b) Taking care of Dab by herself.
(c) Dab getting sick and dying.
(d) Going into her mind and getting trapped there.

10. What does M'Vy do to Tree?
(a) Scolds him.
(b) Gives him food.
(c) Hits him with a switch.
(d) Comforts him.

11. Who is Dab?
(a) Tree's brother.
(b) Tree's cousin.
(c) The man on the stoop.
(d) Tree's teacher.

12. What does Brother Rush do at night?
(a) Play jazz.
(b) Deliver numbers.
(c) Sing in a nightclub.
(d) Work at a meat packing plant.

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

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

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