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

2. Where does Tree go back to?
(a) A baseball game.
(b) M'Vy's old house.
(c) Brother Rush's Buick.
(d) Brother Rush's bar.

3. What is Teresa doing at the beginning of "Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush"?
(a) Taking care of the brothers.
(b) Her homework.
(c) Shopping with her mother.
(d) Walking home from school.

4. How old is Teresa?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Ten.

5. What answer does Brother Rush give to Tree's question?
(a) He does not answer.
(b) He tells Tree to help him.
(c) He says that he is going home.
(d) He says that she cannot help him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Tree always want to be held by?

2. How does Dab make Brother Rush angry, in Tree's vision?

3. Why does M'Vy ring the bell?

4. What does Brother Rush do at night?

5. What makes the baby happy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Tree as a cook?

3. How does "Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush" begin?

4. Describe Brother Rush as Tree first sees him.

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

6. What interrupts Tree's first experience with Brother Rush?

7. What makes the baby happy?

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

9. What does Dab see when he comes into the little room?

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

(see the answer keys)

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