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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brother Rush do at night?
(a) Sing in a nightclub.
(b) Play jazz.
(c) Work at a meat packing plant.
(d) Deliver numbers.

2. What is Tree thinking about when she arrives home?
(a) Brother Rush.
(b) The rainy weekend.
(c) Her hunger.
(d) Her grades.

3. What does Tree do when she sees her mother?
(a) Faints.
(b) Runs out of the kitchen.
(c) Cries non-stop.
(d) Laughs joyfully.

4. What makes the baby happy?
(a) The sunlight.
(b) The mother.
(c) Brother Rush.
(d) The insects in the field.

5. How does the narrator characterize the relationship between Tree and Dab?
(a) They finish each other's sentences.
(b) They help each other with everything.
(c) They respect each other's privacy.
(d) They ignore each other as much as possible.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Dab?

2. What does one of Tree's teachers suggest she take?

3. What is Tree like as a student?

4. What is Teresa doing at the beginning of "Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush"?

5. How long has Tree been sitting in the dark?

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