View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who stays with Tree while M'Vy sees to Dab?
(a) A nurse.
(b) A mother in the waiting room.
(c) No one.
(d) Silversmith.

3. How old is the Brother Rush driving in the car?
(a) A child around ten.
(b) Middle aged.
(c) Twenties.
(d) A teenager.

4. What is Tree's response when M'Vy comes home?
(a) She becomes hysterical.
(b) She runs to the little room looking for Brother Rush.
(c) She tries to convince her how sick Dab is.
(d) She tries to hide from her.

5. 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.

6. What does M'Vy try to ease Tree's mind about?
(a) The future with her and Silversmith.
(b) Porphyria.
(c) The nature of the afterlife.
(d) Guilt about Dab's death.

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

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

9. What could Tree tell by the way M'Vy walked into the house, at the beginning of Chapter 15?
(a) That she was responsible for Dab's condition.
(b) That Dab was dead.
(c) That Dab was getting better.
(d) That Dab was going to die.

10. What did Silversmith leave for Tree?
(a) A long letter about her uncle's life.
(b) A telephone number to reach him.
(c) Chinese food.
(d) Macaroni and cheese.

11. What does Miss Pricherd ask Tree to wait for?
(a) Her mother's business takes off.
(b) Her mother can get home.
(c) Dab's funeral.
(d) A week has gone by.

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

13. What causes the car accident that kills Brother Rush?
(a) Another car.
(b) A bicycle in the road.
(c) A child in the road.
(d) A dog in the road.

14. How does Tree get from the car accident back to the little room?
(a) She goes through the trunk.
(b) She climbs under the car and is back in the room.
(c) She blacks out in the accident.
(d) She closes her eyes.

15. Why has Brother Rush covered his face, in Tree's vision?
(a) To hide his feelings.
(b) To guard against sunlight.
(c) To hide from M'Vy.
(d) To keep from seeing things that upset him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What threat does Tree make, when she and M'Vy disagree about the funeral?

2. What does the narrator say Dab is suffering from, in addition to illness?

3. What stories does Don tell Tree?

4. What detail does Tree seize on in Brother Rush's story?

5. What is Tree's nightmare?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 614 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample