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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was NOT stored in the room Tree claimed as her private place?
(a) Old shoes.
(b) A broken TV.
(c) Comic books.
(d) Her father's things.

2. How does Tree know Brother Rush's name?
(a) His clothing is embroidered with it.
(b) Her friends told her.
(c) It just comes to her.
(d) He tells her.

3. How does Tree characterize the man on the stoop?
(a) A little bit odd, and sensitive looking.
(b) Intelligent looking and aloof.
(c) Good looking with freckles.
(d) Dark-skinned and mournful-looking.

4. What is Miss Pricherd there to do?
(a) Bring food.
(b) Clean the house.
(c) Take Dab to school.
(d) Help Tree with her homework.

5. What does Tree's mother do for work?
(a) She is a nurse.
(b) She is a doctor.
(c) She is a cashier.
(d) She is a legal secretary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tree do in this private place?

2. How does the narrator characterize the relationship between Tree and Dab?

3. What makes Tree realize that Brother Rush is a ghost?

4. How is "Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush" narrated?

5. What makes the baby happy?

(see the answer key)

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