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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. How does the narrator say M'Vy's name was pronounced?
(a) Softly, with longing and melancholy.
(b) Aggressively.
(c) Softly, with tenderness.
(d) Assertively, with confidence.

2. What does Tree reach for when she wakes up in the middle of the night?
(a) A flashlight.
(b) Tear gas.
(c) A knife.
(d) A whistle.

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

4. What snaps Tree back to the present?
(a) Dab comes into the room.
(b) A breeze blows through.
(c) She is called by her mother.
(d) She gets hungry.

5. Where does Tree look for Miss Pricherd first?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) Her room.
(c) Dab's room.
(d) The little room.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tree tell Dab to get up?

2. How does the narrator characterize the relationship between Tree and Dab?

3. What is Brother Rush holding in his hand?

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

5. What time of day does it always seem to be in Tree's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Tree and Dab wake up on Saturday morning?

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

3. How does Tree know anything about Brother Rush?

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

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

6. Describe the first time Tree sees Brother Rush.

7. Describe Tree's experience at Binnie's house.

8. What do Tree and Dab's visions foreshadow?

9. What happens when Tree finally gets to talk to her mother?

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

(see the answer keys)

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