SparkNotes: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: Quiz

Where does the "tree" referred to in the title grow?

(A) In Francie's backyard

(B) In tenement districts

(C) Out of cement

(D) All of the above

What do Francie and Neeley do to make a few pennies throughout their childhood?

(A) Mow lawns

(B) Walk dogs

(C) Collect junk and take it to Carney's

(D) Collect horse manure

What does Miss Tynmore, the piano teacher, say that Francie will be when she grows up?

(A) A concert pianist

(B) A drunk like her father

(C) A writer

(D) A janitor

When Johnny dies, who offers Francie and Neeley work so that their family may have enough money to survive?

(A) Mr. McGarrity

(B) Aunt Sissy

(C) Carney

(D) Sergeant McShane

Why does Katie originally fall in love with Johnny?

(A) He has lots of money

(B) She likes the way he sings and dances

(C) He promises her a beautiful home

(D) He wants many children

Why does Aunt Evy take over her husband's (Uncle Willie's) milk route?

(A) He gets too old

(B) His horse kicks him in the head

(C) He has left her for another woman

(D) Katie convinces her to do it

Who sends Francie flowers on her graduation day?

(A) Aunt Evy

(B) Mary Rommely

(C) Miss Gardner

(D) Papa

What does Katie whisper in Johnny's ear, just a few weeks before he dies?

(A) She tells him to start rehab

(B) She tells him to buy Francie roses for her graduation day

(C) She tells him she is pregnant

(D) She tells him Francie and Neeley are adopted

Why do some people think that Aunt Sissy is a bad woman?

(A) She sleeps with a lot of men

(B) She hates Francie and Neeley

(C) She can't hold down a job

(D) She bosses Katie around

Who shoots the sex offender in Brooklyn?

(A) Johnny

(B) Sergeant McShane

(C) Neeley

(D) Katie

What does Mary Rommely advise Katie to do with the money she saves in her tin-can bank?

(A) Pay for Francie to go to college

(B) Buy her own land

(C) Give Johnny money for booze

(D) Pay for a nursing home for Mary

What is the Nolan's religion?

(A) They don't have one

(B) Baptist

(C) Judaism

(D) Catholicism

What does Francie burn after talking to her English teacher?

(A) Her grade "A" compositions

(B) Her grade "C" compositions

(C) Her report card

(D) The note on the roses her father sent her

What is Katie's job?

(A) Waitressing

(B) Singing

(C) Factory work

(D) Janitorial work

What happens after Lee Rynor goes home?

(A) He writes Francie a love letter

(B) He calls Francie on the telephone

(C) He marries a woman from his hometown

(D) He starts dating Francie's friend Anita

What will Annie Laurie's last name be?

(A) Nolan

(B) McShane

(C) McGarrity

(D) Rommely

What happens to Francie that makes Katie think she can no longer protect her?

(A) She cuts her hair

(B) She feels hungry

(C) She is attacked

(D) She gets her heart broken

What does the tree man think when he throws the tree at Francie and Neeley?

(A) He thinks of his own kids, and thinks that it is a cruel world

(B) He hates kids

(C) He will throw it lightly

(D) He will throw it at someone else instead

Which of the following is not a place Francie visits the last Saturday in the book?

(A) Library

(B) Cheap Charlie's

(C) Her old school

(D) Her father's grave

Where will Francie go to college?

(A) Smith College

(B) University of Michegan

(C) Columbia

(D) Barnard