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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. What does Tree do when she sees her mother?
2. How does Tree approach the recognition that Brother Rush is her brother?
3. Where is Tree going, in her vision?
4. What does Tree reach for when she wakes up in the middle of the night?
5. What happens when Miss Pricherd opens the door to Tree's little room?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Tree and Dab's relationship with their mother like?
2. What interrupts Tree's first experience with Brother Rush?
3. What happens when Tree finally gets to talk to her mother?
4. Describe Tree's relationship with Miss Pricherd.
5. Where does brother come from, and go off to?
6. Describe the room in which Tree discovers Brother Rush.
7. Describe Tree's experience at Binnie's house.
8. How does "Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush" begin?
9. What does Tree see when she is transported back to the past?
10. What happens to Tree when she is cooking?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Many stories of people living in poor circumstances are centered on the possibility that one day they'll live better lives, especially when children are involved, since everyone wants to think that children raised in poverty will be better taken care of in the future. What role does this storyline play in "Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush"? What hope do we have for Tree's future, and how does the story encourage us to believe that her future will be better than the present?
Essay Topic 2
Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast Ken and Silversmith. How are they similar? How are they different? What are they like as people? What are they like as father figures for Tree?
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