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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize Silversmith?
(a) A large man with a graying afro.
(b) A large man with gentle, soft features.
(c) An older version of Brother Rush.
(d) A slender man, beautiful and aloof, like Brother Rush.

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

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

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

5. How does the narrator characterize the relationship between Tree and Don?
(a) They bristle at each other.
(b) They hit it off.
(c) They become friends slowly.
(d) They are wary and standoffish toward each other.

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

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

8. What does Miss Pricherd tell Tree?
(a) That she is going to live with her now.
(b) That Dab will always be with her.
(c) That Silversmith is going to move in and take care of her and M'Vy.
(d) That the family will be moving.

9. What does M'Vy do when Tree and Dab come back to the room from their visions?
(a) Comfort them.
(b) Cook for them.
(c) Tell them stories.
(d) Distract them from what they've seen.

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

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

12. What does M'Vy tell Tree to do?
(a) Walk to the hospital.
(b) Pray.
(c) Do her homework and be a good girl.
(d) Make a cad for her brother.

13. What does M'Vy say Dab and Brother Rush had in common?
(a) The urge to die.
(b) The urge to get better.
(c) The desire to have their own way without understanding themselves.
(d) A rare blood condition.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Tree and Dab walk around while Brother Rush is sleeping?

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

3. What did Dab die of?

4. What does M'Vy try to ease Tree's mind about?

5. Why does M'Vy say she kept quiet about her family?

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