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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. Where are Brother Rush and the other man going, when Tree was still in the back seat of the car?
(a) Someone's house.
(b) A park.
(c) A jazz club.
(d) A baseball game.

2. How has M'Vy changed for the funeral?
(a) She is guilt-ridden and miserable.
(b) She seems to be relieved.
(c) She can't stop crying.
(d) She seems to have aged.

3. What does Tree recognize as soon as she sees Silversmith and M'Vy together?
(a) That he is a better person for M'Vy to be around than Brother Rush was.
(b) That he won't be around for long.
(c) That they have a close connection.
(d) That she cannot trust him.

4. Why has Brother Rush covered his face, in Tree's vision?
(a) To guard against sunlight.
(b) To hide his feelings.
(c) To keep from seeing things that upset him.
(d) To hide from M'Vy.

5. What does Silversmith learn about M'Vy as M'Vy tells stories to Tree?
(a) That Tree and Dab are her children.
(b) That she had brothers.
(c) That she was married to Ken.
(d) That Ken is still alive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tree realize after talking with her mother?

2. How does the narrator characterize Silversmith?

3. How does the narrator say M'Vy feels when she takes care of Dab?

4. What does Tree realize after she packs her things?

5. What does Tree tell M'Vy about Brother Rush?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens that Dab gets taken to the hospital?

2. Describe Tree's discovery of Dab's death.

3. What does Tree see from the back seat of the car, when no one knows she is there?

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

5. What ails Brother Rush?

6. What does M'Vy say when Tree and Dab tell her about their experiences with Brother Rush?

7. How is Silversmith described?

8. What is Tree's nightmare?

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

10. Describe Dab's admittance into the hospital.

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