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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 answer does Brother Rush give to Tree's question?

2. What does Tree ask Brother Rush?

3. How does the narrator say M'Vy's name was pronounced?

4. What does Tree really resent about Miss Pricherd?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Dab see when he comes into the little room?

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

4. Describe the first time Tree sees Brother Rush.

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

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

7. How does Tree know anything about Brother Rush?

8. What happens to Tree when she is cooking?

9. Describe Tree's relationship with Miss Pricherd.

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

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

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 3

Write an evaluative review of "Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush". What is this book's place in culture? What are its uses? Who is its audience? What are its limitations?

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