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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tree see when she returns to the room?
(a) Brother Rush is still there.
(b) Her mother has chased Brother Rush out of the room.
(c) Brother Rush has replaced the vision she saw at first.
(d) Brother Rush is older.

2. What broken thing makes Tree wonder why broken things aren't fixed?
(a) The window.
(b) The banister on the stairs.
(c) The faucet.
(d) The doorknob.

3. How does Tree approach the recognition that Brother Rush is her brother?
(a) She is afraid.
(b) She is grateful for the knowledge.
(c) She is incredulous.
(d) She wonders 'why me'.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Tree find in her little room?

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

3. Who does Tree realize she is, in this vision?

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

5. What happens when Miss Pricherd opens the door to Tree's little room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens that wakes Tree up in the middle of the night?

2. What happens when Tree finally gets to talk to her mother?

3. What does Miss Pricherd see in the little room when Tree takes her back there?

4. Describe Tree's experience at Binnie's house.

5. How is Dab described?

6. Describe Brother Rush as Tree first sees him.

7. What is Tree like as a student, and as a person?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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