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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Dab?

2. What is Brother Rush holding in his hand?

3. What does Tree reach for when she wakes up in the middle of the night?

4. What is Tree's response to the man on the stoop?

5. How does Tree characterize the man on the stoop?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the atmosphere in Tree's house?

2. Describe the room in which Tree discovers Brother Rush.

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

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

5. What happens to Tree when she is cooking?

6. Describe the first time Tree sees Brother Rush.

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

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

9. What happens when Tree and M'Vy talk about Dab?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Ken and Silversmith. How are they similar? How are they different? What are they like as people? What are they like as father figures for Tree?

Essay Topic 2

What are the rules for the alternate reality Tree travels to? Is it a dream, or is it really another time? Who else has the power to go back and forth? Do you think Tree will see Dab in her little room one day?

Essay Topic 3

Do you think Tree will continue to go back into the past -- and into her own childhood -- from the little room? Or was her trip back into the past just part of her growing up and becoming the person she is in the present?

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