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

4. What does Tree notice as being odd when she and Dab and Brother Rush get back in the car?
(a) Brother Rush won't talk with them.
(b) Brother Rush is driving slowly and delicately.
(c) Brother Rush is telling stories Tree doesn't understand.
(d) Brother Rush keeps his hat on.

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

6. What does M'Vy tell Tree?
(a) That Silversmith doesn't have money to pay for the funeral either.
(b) That she and Silversmith are getting married.
(c) That Dab had told her that he didn't want a service.
(d) That she and Silversmith have started a catering business.

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

8. What does Miss Pricherd say will happen to Dab's things?
(a) They will be burned.
(b) They will be stored.
(c) They will be thrown away.
(d) They will go with Tree wherever she goes.

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

10. How does Dab seem to be doing, when Tree, M'Vy and Silversmith look into his room?
(a) About the same.
(b) He is near death.
(c) A little worse.
(d) Better.

11. What detail does Tree seize on in Brother Rush's story?
(a) Other disappearing fathers.
(b) Other brothers.
(c) Other car accidents in the family.
(d) Other family members.

12. How does Miss Pricherd respond when Tree calls her by her nickname?
(a) She does a dance in her slippers.
(b) She gets angry.
(c) She makes up a similarly fanciful name for Tree.
(d) She chases Tree around the house.

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

14. What are Tree's feelings in the hospital?
(a) She is curious about everything.
(b) She is reassured by the doctors and nurses.
(c) She is afraid and upset.
(d) She is frustrated by the long wait before anything can be done.

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