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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does M'Vy say is Dab's problem?
(a) A brain tumor.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Heroin withdrawal.
(d) Porphyria.

3. What does M'Vy apologize to Tree for?
(a) Not being a good mother.
(b) All the things she has done.
(c) Not having had her tested.
(d) Years of neglect.

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

5. Where does M'Vy say Dab is, when she finds Tree again?
(a) In a special room.
(b) Getting x-rays.
(c) In surgery.
(d) In the lab getting blood work.

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

7. What does Tree insist on at the funeral?
(a) A closed casket.
(b) An open casket.
(c) Lots of flowers.
(d) No casket.

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

9. How has M'Vy changed for the funeral?
(a) She is guilt-ridden and miserable.
(b) She can't stop crying.
(c) She seems to have aged.
(d) She seems to be relieved.

10. Who is driving with Brother Rush?
(a) Tree's father.
(b) Brother Rush's girlfriend.
(c) M'Vy.
(d) Dab.

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

12. What does M'Vy know will happen when she takes Dab to the hospital?
(a) He will never leave.
(b) He will be cured for good.
(c) He will be taken from her.
(d) He will die.

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

14. What does M'Vy say she should have done?
(a) Had Dab inoculated.
(b) Have all the children tested.
(c) Taken Dab to the hospital much sooner.
(d) Stopped Dab from taking drugs.

15. Who is Don?
(a) A ghost.
(b) One of M'Vy's brothers.
(c) Silversmith's son.
(d) Silversmith's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Tree say her knowledge about family came from?

2. What did Silversmith leave for Tree?

3. What does Miss Pricherd ask Tree to wait for?

4. What is Miss Pricherd doing, when Tree sees her?

5. What does Tree say Brother Rush's hands are full of?

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