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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 think when she finds pills in Dab's room?
(a) That he was born with a birth defect.
(b) That he doesn't need the pills.
(c) That he is a junkie.
(d) That he is terminally ill.

2. What does M'Vy tell Tree about Ken?
(a) He is in prison for the accident that killed Brother Rush.
(b) He is still alive but she does not know where he is.
(c) He lives in New Orleans and sends money when he can.
(d) He died shortly after the accident that killed Brother Rush.

3. What does M'Vy say about Tree's vision of Brother Rush?
(a) She thinks Tree is making everything up.
(b) She believes the child is possessed.
(c) She believes her.
(d) She doesn't understand what's happening.

4. What does M'Vy say she should have done?
(a) Stopped Dab from taking drugs.
(b) Have all the children tested.
(c) Taken Dab to the hospital much sooner.
(d) Had Dab inoculated.

5. What stories does Don tell Tree?
(a) He describes his own experiences.
(b) He describes what he knows about M'Vy and Silversmith's relationship.
(c) He tells Tree how M'Vy and Silversmith met.
(d) He tells Tree about his brother who died.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say is the result of Tree describing details of Brother Rush's accident?

2. What does M'Vy admit to, after Tree finds pills in Dab's room?

3. What does Tree insist on at the funeral?

4. Where does Tree say her knowledge about family came from?

5. Why has Brother Rush covered his face, in Tree's vision?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tree see when she takes off Brother Rush's gloves?

2. What are Tree's feelings about Dab's sickness?

3. What happens when Miss Pricherd cleans Dab's room?

4. What happens when M'Vy follows Tree into the little room?

5. Describe Tree's discovery of Dab's death.

6. What new information does Tree learn about Brother Rush's death, when they are checking in at the hospital?

7. Why does Tree get upset when M'Vy says that it is time to go out?

8. What makes Tree think of Dab when she is at home alone?

9. Describe Dab's admittance into the hospital.

10. What does Tree learn from M'Vy about Dab's condition?

(see the answer keys)

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