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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Dab upset about at dinner?
(a) He is confused about Brother Rush.
(b) His stomach hurts.
(c) He didn't know where Tree went when she was in the vision with Brother Rush.
(d) He is afraid M'Vy won't come home.

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

3. What does Tree imagine of Brother Rush's?
(a) His clothing.
(b) His speech.
(c) His travels.
(d) His experience.

4. What explanation did Tree use to explain what Miss Pricherd saw?
(a) It was a reflection from across the way.
(b) It was the ghost of her brother.
(c) It was just her imagination.
(d) It was just light and shadows.

5. What does Tree check Dab for?
(a) Jaundice.
(b) Infection.
(c) Fever.
(d) Blood sugar.

6. How does Dab make Brother Rush angry, in Tree's vision?
(a) He tries to jump out of the car.
(b) He throws Tree's socks out the window.
(c) He almost knocks Tree out of the car.
(d) He wets himself.

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

8. How did Brother Rush die?
(a) In a car accident.
(b) In a knife fight.
(c) Illness.
(d) In an accident at the plant.

9. Where is Tree going, in her vision?
(a) To the house where her mother and Brother Rush lived.
(b) Home.
(c) Aunt Binnie's house.
(d) To a place she doesn't know.

10. What did Tree do in this private place?
(a) Write.
(b) Cry.
(c) Fantasize.
(d) Draw.

11. What does Tree do for Dab?
(a) She makes breakfast.
(b) She cleans his room.
(c) She makes Miss Pricherd go away.
(d) She washes him in bed.

12. What makes Tree realize that Brother Rush is a ghost?
(a) He vaporizes.
(b) He is translucent.
(c) He is standing in the middle of a table.
(d) He cannot speak.

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

14. What time of day does it always seem to be in Tree's house?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Night.
(c) Noon.
(d) Afternoon.

15. What does Tree give Miss Pricherd when she leaves?
(a) Money.
(b) Drawings.
(c) A marketing list.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Tree look for Miss Pricherd first?

2. What does Tree tell Dab to do?

3. What does Miss Pricherd do after opening the door?

4. What feeling does Tree get about the woman?

5. Where is Dab when Tree and M'Vy are in the little room?

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