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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 happens when Tree and Dab walk around while Brother Rush is sleeping?
(a) Tree loses her socks.
(b) Brother Rush gets sick.
(c) Dab has a seizure.
(d) M'Vy shows up and gets angry.

2. What does the narrator say is the result of Tree describing details of Brother Rush's accident?
(a) It makes the ghost more real.
(b) It unnerves M'Vy.
(c) It makes M'Vy distrust her.
(d) It makes Tree distrust her mother.

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

4. What does M'Vy hint is wrong with Dab?
(a) A childhood accident.
(b) A birth defect.
(c) A blood illness.
(d) Religious retribution for her sins.

5. What did Silversmith leave for Tree?
(a) A long letter about her uncle's life.
(b) A telephone number to reach him.
(c) Macaroni and cheese.
(d) Chinese food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does M'Vy insist will be the fastest way to get Dab help?

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

3. What do M'Vy, Tree and Silversmith have to do before they can see Dab?

4. What does Tree feel when the note on the fridge makes her laugh?

5. What does M'Vy know will happen when she takes Dab to the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does M'Vy tell Tree is wrong with Dab?

3. What does Tree see when she and M'Vy are transported back to the past together?

4. What are Tree's feelings about Dab's sickness?

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

6. How is Silversmith described?

7. Describe Tree's relationship with Silversmith.

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

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

10. What does Tree learn from M'Vy about Dab's condition?

(see the answer keys)

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