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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Tree erupt and scream at M'Vy and Silversmith?
(a) M'Vy treats her as a child in front of Silversmith.
(b) M'Vy doesn't believe her.
(c) M'Vy goes to leave with Silversmith.
(d) M'Vy wants to leave Dab home alone.

2. What does Tree think when she finds pills in Dab's room?
(a) That he is a junkie.
(b) That he is terminally ill.
(c) That he doesn't need the pills.
(d) That he was born with a birth defect.

3. What condition does M'Vy say Dab is in when she calls Tree at home?
(a) His condition is constantly changing.
(b) He is on life support.
(c) He is fine.
(d) He cannot speak.

4. What did Dab die of?
(a) Withdrawal.
(b) The simple flu.
(c) Respiratory paralysis.
(d) Pneumonia.

5. What does Tree tell M'Vy about Brother Rush?
(a) How ready he was to die.
(b) How unhappy he was.
(c) How good he looked in his suit.
(d) How much he cared for her.

6. What does the narrator say Dab is suffering from, in addition to illness?
(a) Congenital blood diseases.
(b) Withdrawal.
(c) Birth defects.
(d) Food poisoning.

7. What does Tree want her mother to explain to her?
(a) Why she hadn't prevented the accident.
(b) Why she never told her about the accident.
(c) Why Dab was so limited.
(d) Why Brother Rush had died.

8. What does M'Vy hint is wrong with Dab?
(a) A blood illness.
(b) Religious retribution for her sins.
(c) A childhood accident.
(d) A birth defect.

9. What does Tree recognize as soon as she sees Silversmith and M'Vy together?
(a) That she cannot trust him.
(b) That he won't be around for long.
(c) That they have a close connection.
(d) That he is a better person for M'Vy to be around than Brother Rush was.

10. What does Tree say Brother Rush's hands are full of?
(a) Power.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Tenderness.
(d) Pain.

11. What does Tree feel about Dab's illness?
(a) That it is her fault.
(b) That it should be able to be cured.
(c) That it is an outrage.
(d) That it is revenge for Brother Rush's death.

12. Where are Brother Rush and the other man going, when Tree was still in the back seat of the car?
(a) A park.
(b) A jazz club.
(c) Someone's house.
(d) A baseball game.

13. What is M'Vy's reaction when Tree tells her what she realized about Brother Rush?
(a) She cannot believe in a universe that would allow a ghost to talk to a girl.
(b) She gets angry at Tree as if Tree were Brother Rush.
(c) She does not believe her.
(d) She knows that Tree is wrong.

14. What does Tree realize as her mother tells her stories?
(a) That she never knew where she came from.
(b) That it never mattered to her, who her father had been.
(c) That she has never asked questions.
(d) That her mother has been gone a lot of the time.

15. What does M'Vy tell Tree about Ken?
(a) He is still alive but she does not know where he is.
(b) He is in prison for the accident that killed Brother Rush.
(c) He lives in New Orleans and sends money when he can.
(d) He died shortly after the accident that killed Brother Rush.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does M'Vy apologize to Tree for?

2. What does Tree realize after she packs her things?

3. What does Tree feel when the note on the fridge makes her laugh?

4. Where does Tree find herself when she goes to see Brother Rush?

5. What does M'Vy say she should have done?

(see the answer keys)

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