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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. What does Tree really resent about Miss Pricherd?
2. What does Miss Pricherd do after opening the door?
3. What does Tree asks M'Vy about Dab?
4. What time of day does it always seem to be in Tree's house?
5. Who is Dab?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when Tree and M'Vy talk about Dab?
2. How does the narrator describe the atmosphere in Tree's house?
3. What do Tree and Dab's visions foreshadow?
4. What is Tree like as a student, and as a person?
5. What does Tree see when she is transported back to the past?
6. What is Tree and Dab's relationship with their mother like?
7. How is Brother Rush's death described?
8. How is Dab feeling when Tree goes to wake him up?
9. Where does brother come from, and go off to?
10. Describe the first time Tree sees Brother Rush.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
M'Vy tells Tree that she had not told her much about her family because she wanted to keep a closed fist to beat fate. Does Tree try to beat fate, or how does she try to deal with fate's effect on her life? Who else has techniques for dealing with fate? How successful do these other techniques seem to be?
Essay Topic 2
What does Tree get in return for the loss of her brother? Is she compensated, or does she simply lose him?
Essay Topic 3
Many stories of people living in poor circumstances are centered on the possibility that one day they'll live better lives, especially when children are involved, since everyone wants to think that children raised in poverty will be better taken care of in the future. What role does this storyline play in "Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush"? What hope do we have for Tree's future, and how does the story encourage us to believe that her future will be better than the present?
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