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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Tree try to get Dab to follow her?

2. Why does Tree tell Dab to get up?

3. What is Teresa doing at the beginning of "Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush"?

4. What does Tree do when she sees her mother?

5. Where does Brother Rush take Tree and Dab?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tree know anything about Brother Rush?

2. How do Tree and Dab wake up on Saturday morning?

3. What makes the baby happy?

4. Where does brother come from, and go off to?

5. What does Miss Pricherd see in the little room?

6. How does "Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush" begin?

7. Describe Brother Rush as Tree first sees him.

8. What does Tree know about the people she sees in this new place?

9. Where is Tree transported to?

10. Describe the first time Tree sees Brother Rush.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

M'Vy tells Tree that she had not told her much about her family because she wanted to keep a closed fist to beat fate. Does Tree try to beat fate, or how does she try to deal with fate's effect on her life? Who else has techniques for dealing with fate? How successful do these other techniques seem to be?

Essay Topic 2

What does Tree get in return for the loss of her brother? Is she compensated, or does she simply lose him?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast "Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush" with "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", another book in which children are transported into another world through a special portal.

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