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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. How old is Teresa?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Fourteen.

2. Who showed up by six p.m.?
(a) Silversmith.
(b) Miss Pricherd.
(c) M'Vy.
(d) Brother Rush.

3. What is Tree's response to the man on the stoop?
(a) She is intimidated.
(b) She is smitten.
(c) She is sympathetic.
(d) She is afraid.

4. What had Tree prayed before she took Miss Pricherd back to the little room again?
(a) That Brother Rush would have left a note.
(b) That Brother Rush would still be there.
(c) That Miss Pricherd would get Brother Rush to speak.
(d) That Brother Rush would be gone.

5. How long has Tree been sitting in the dark?
(a) A few hours.
(b) Almost an hour.
(c) A few minutes.
(d) Two hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose eyes did Tree realize she was seeing through?

2. How does the narrator say M'Vy's name was pronounced?

3. What does Tree give Miss Pricherd when she leaves?

4. What snaps Tree back to the present?

5. What does M'Vy do to Tree?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Tree as a cook?

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

3. How is Dab described?

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

5. What does Dab see when he comes into the little room?

6. How does the narrator describe Brother Rush's driving?

7. What interrupts Tree's first experience with Brother Rush?

8. What makes the baby happy?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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