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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do M'Vy, Tree and Silversmith have to do before they can see Dab?
(a) Account for Dab's household conditions.
(b) Wash their hands.
(c) A lot of paperwork.
(d) Go home and wait.

3. What does Tree tell Miss Pricherd?
(a) That she is leaving.
(b) That she can't move in.
(c) That Dab's room is haunted.
(d) That she is taking Dab's room for herself.

4. What happens when Tree goes to the little room?
(a) Brother Rush is not there.
(b) She sees Brother Rush's funeral.
(c) Brother Rush tells her more stories.
(d) She sees scenes from M'Vy's childhood.

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

6. What was M'Vy's experience in the little room?
(a) She saw a different vision than either child.
(b) She didn't see Brother Rush.
(c) She saw the vision Tree had.
(d) She saw the vision Dab had.

7. What does Tree realize after she packs her things?
(a) Dab would want her to stay.
(b) She likes Silversmith a lot and wants him as a step-father.
(c) She doesn't have anywhere to go.
(d) This is only temporary, but M'Vy loves her.

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

9. What does M'Vy insist will be the fastest way to get Dab help?
(a) To take Dab directly to the substance abuse ward.
(b) To call an ambulance.
(c) To go through General Admittance.
(d) To go to the Emergency Room.

10. What does M'Vy apologize to Tree for?
(a) Not telling her important things about the past.
(b) Leaving Dab with her.
(c) Not introducing Silversmith to her earlier.
(d) Not knowing what to do about Dab.

11. Where does Tree find herself when she goes to see Brother Rush?
(a) In Brother Rush's house.
(b) At M'Vy's house.
(c) At Brother Rush's funeral.
(d) In the car.

12. What do Brother Rush's hands do while Tree and Dab are looking at them?
(a) They reach out for Tree and Dab.
(b) Clench and tremble.
(c) They seem to dance.
(d) They lie still as if her were dead.

13. How does the narrator say M'Vy has always treated Dab?
(a) She got impatient with him.
(b) She beat him when he could not do things.
(c) She made allowance for his debility.
(d) She blamed him for being a half-wit.

14. Where does Tree say her knowledge about family came from?
(a) Her own imagination.
(b) TV.
(c) Books.
(d) M'Vy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Don do over dinner?

2. What does M'Vy tell Tree?

3. What does Tree feel about Dab's illness?

4. How does Tree get from the car accident back to the little room?

5. How old is the Brother Rush driving in the car?

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