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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 M'Vy say Dab and Brother Rush had in common?
(a) The urge to die.
(b) The urge to get better.
(c) A rare blood condition.
(d) The desire to have their own way without understanding themselves.

2. 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 jazz club.
(c) A baseball game.
(d) A park.

3. What did Dab die of?
(a) Withdrawal.
(b) Respiratory paralysis.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) The simple flu.

4. What movie does Tree think Dab looks like he might be in, when she visits him later?
(a) 'Cujo'.
(b) 'Amity Street Horror'.
(c) 'Jaws'.
(d) 'The Exorcist'.

5. What stories does Don tell Tree?
(a) He tells Tree how M'Vy and Silversmith met.
(b) He describes his own experiences.
(c) He tells Tree about his brother who died.
(d) He describes what he knows about M'Vy and Silversmith's relationship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tree say Brother Rush's hands are full of?

2. What happens when Tree goes to the little room?

3. How does the narrator characterize the relationship between Tree and Don?

4. What did Silversmith leave for Tree?

5. Where does Tree find herself when she goes to see Brother Rush?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Dab's admittance into the hospital.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is Tree's nightmare?

10. What happens when Miss Pricherd cleans Dab's room?

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