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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sound woke Tree?
(a) Dab's cries.
(b) Her own screams in a dream.
(c) Brother Rush appearing beside her.
(d) M'Vy putting her purse down.

2. For how long at a time will Tree and her brother be left along?
(a) Weeks.
(b) Hardly any time at all.
(c) Hours.
(d) Days.

3. Why doesn't Tree tell Dab what she saw?
(a) She wants to keep it secret.
(b) She isn't sure what happened, herself.
(c) He won't understand.
(d) She promised Brother Rush not to tell.

4. What had Tree prayed before she took Miss Pricherd back to the little room again?
(a) That Brother Rush would have left a note.
(b) That Miss Pricherd would get Brother Rush to speak.
(c) That Brother Rush would be gone.
(d) That Brother Rush would still be there.

5. Where is Dab when Tree and M'Vy are in the little room?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) In the living room reading.
(c) In the doorway.
(d) In bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tree's mother do for work?

2. Why does M'Vy ring the bell?

3. What is the woman holding who Tree sees in this place?

4. What does Tree give Miss Pricherd?

5. How does Tree broach the subject of Brother Rush?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does brother come from, and go off to?

2. How is Dab described?

3. What happens to Tree when she is cooking?

4. What does Miss Pricherd see in the little room?

5. How does the narrator describe the atmosphere in Tree's house?

6. What happens when Tree and M'Vy talk about Dab?

7. What is Tree like as a student, and as a person?

8. What is Tree and Dab's relationship with their mother like?

9. How does Tree know anything about Brother Rush?

10. How is Dab feeling when Tree goes to wake him up?

(see the answer keys)

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