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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 explanation did Tree use to explain what Miss Pricherd saw?
(a) It was a reflection from across the way.
(b) It was the ghost of her brother.
(c) It was just her imagination.
(d) It was just light and shadows.

2. How does Dab make Brother Rush angry, in Tree's vision?
(a) He wets himself.
(b) He throws Tree's socks out the window.
(c) He tries to jump out of the car.
(d) He almost knocks Tree out of the car.

3. What does Tree tell Dab to do?
(a) Leave her alone.
(b) His homework.
(c) Take a bath.
(d) Help her clean her room.

4. Where is Tree whisked away to?
(a) School.
(b) Miss Pricherd's home.
(c) A house where her mother is working.
(d) A car with M'Vy and Dab.

5. How did Brother Rush die?
(a) In a car accident.
(b) Illness.
(c) In an accident at the plant.
(d) In a knife fight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which literary term describes the dialogue?

2. What does Tree tell Miss Pricherd about the little room?

3. Why doesn't Tree appreciate Miss Pricherd's arrival?

4. What does Tree feel about Miss Pricherd's arrival?

5. Where does Brother Rush take Tree and Dab?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Tree when she is cooking?

2. What does Tree see when she is transported back to the past?

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

4. Where is Tree transported to?

5. Describe the first time Tree sees Brother Rush.

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

7. What is Tree as a cook?

8. How does the narrator describe Brother Rush's driving?

9. What does Miss Pricherd see in the little room when Tree takes her back there?

10. Describe Tree's relationship with Miss Pricherd.

(see the answer keys)

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