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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 notices Teresa?

2. Where is Tree going, in her vision?

3. Who does Tree always want to be held by?

4. What does Dab see when he comes to the little room with her?

5. What does Tree see when she returns to the room?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Brother Rush's driving?

2. What makes the baby happy?

3. What does Tree know about the people she sees in this new place?

4. How do Tree and Dab wake up on Saturday morning?

5. What does Dab experience when Tree takes him to the little room?

6. What interrupts Tree's first experience with Brother Rush?

7. How is Dab described?

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

9. What happens when Tree finally gets to talk to her mother?

10. What does Tree tell Miss Pricherd about what she saw?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Why are M'Vy and Tree able to reconcile at the end of "Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush"? What has changed that allows their relationship to go into the future?

Essay Topic 3

How does Tree change from the beginning of the book to the end? What has she learned, and how has she grown? How has her relationship with her mother changed?

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