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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 makes Tree run out of her little room?
(a) She wants her sweater.
(b) She wants something to eat.
(c) She feels ill.
(d) She wants to get someone to see Brother Rush.

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

3. What is Teresa doing at the beginning of "Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush"?
(a) Taking care of the brothers.
(b) Shopping with her mother.
(c) Her homework.
(d) Walking home from school.

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

5. Who notices Teresa?
(a) Boys on the corner.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her teachers.
(d) Her brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tree approach the recognition that Brother Rush is her brother?

2. What does Tree imagine of Brother Rush's?

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

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

5. What did Tree do in this private place?

(see the answer key)

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