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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Brother Rush take Tree and Dab?
(a) To a jazz club.
(b) To his house.
(c) To the park.
(d) To a baseball game.

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

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

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

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

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

7. What makes M'Vy believe Tree when she says that Dab is sick?
(a) Because Tree is pale with fear.
(b) Because Tree has been taking care of him.
(c) Tree's story about Brother Rush.
(d) Because Tree knows him better than she does.

8. How does the narrator characterize M'Vy when she comes into the little room with Tree?
(a) Sad.
(b) Very scared.
(c) Confused.
(d) Calm.

9. What is Tree thinking about when she arrives home?
(a) Brother Rush.
(b) Her hunger.
(c) The rainy weekend.
(d) Her grades.

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

11. What does Tree reach for when she wakes up in the middle of the night?
(a) A knife.
(b) Tear gas.
(c) A flashlight.
(d) A whistle.

12. Who is Tree?
(a) Teresa's brother.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Teresa.
(d) Teresa's teacher.

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

14. Why does Tree tell Dab to get up?
(a) They have to go shopping.
(b) She wants time to herself.
(c) Miss Pricherd has to clean his room.
(d) It is time for his lessons.

15. Why does M'Vy ring the bell?
(a) The lock doesn't work.
(b) Her hands are full.
(c) She lost her keys.
(d) To give Tree warning that she's coming up.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize Tree's feeling, standing in the little room with Brother Rush?

2. Why doesn't Dab get up?

3. What makes Dab cry?

4. Who does Tree realize she is, in this vision?

5. What does Tree ask Brother Rush?

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