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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 does Tree feel about Dab's illness?
(a) That it is revenge for Brother Rush's death.
(b) That it is an outrage.
(c) That it is her fault.
(d) That it should be able to be cured.

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

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

4. What is M'Vy's reaction when Tree knows details of Brother Rush's story?
(a) She is shocked.
(b) She is not surprised.
(c) She is confused and upset.
(d) She is angry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does M'Vy object to the things Tree tells her about he funeral?

2. How does the narrator say M'Vy has always treated Dab?

3. What does Tree recognize as soon as she sees Silversmith and M'Vy together?

4. How does the narrator characterize Silversmith?

5. What wakes Tree up, after she decides to run away?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does M'Vy tell Tree about her brothers and Dab?

2. What makes Tree think of Dab when she is at home alone?

3. What new information does Tree learn about Brother Rush's death, when they are checking in at the hospital?

4. How is Silversmith described?

5. What happens when M'Vy follows Tree into the little room?

6. Describe Brother Rush's house, when Brother Rush takes Tree and Dab there.

7. How does the narrator describe the relationship between M'Vy and Dab?

8. What does Tree tell M'Vy about Dab's funeral?

9. How is Dab described when Tree visits him in chapter 11?

10. What is Tree and M'Vy's relationship like, at the end of the book?

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