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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 11, Red declares that "it is a great gift indeed to" (40) take what action?
(a) Reach for your dreams.
(b) Be able to speak.
(c) Love who you are.
(d) Forgive.

2. Red states that what element "has a way of focusing your attention" (80)?
(a) Silence.
(b) Joy.
(c) Abject horror.
(d) Impending death.

3. According to Red, who had summoned the police to examine Red after the lanky boy had carved up Red's trunk?
(a) Max's wife.
(b) Samar's mother.
(c) Samar's father.
(d) Francesca.

4. What keeps Samar from touching the word that is carved into Red's trunk, though she reaches out to do so?
(a) Chain-link fencing.
(b) Yellow caution tape around stakes.
(c) A dog running past.
(d) A car whizzing by.

5. Which properties have Francesca's family owned for generations?
(a) The red house and the yellow house.
(b) The green house and the vacant lot next door.
(c) The green house and the blue house.
(d) The blue house and the vacant lot next door.

Short Answer Questions

1. What positive act do woodpeckers perform for Red?

2. What adjective does Red use to describe Francesca's facial expression as she marches across the street to talk to the police?

3. What adjective does Red use to describe the people who observe Wishing Day by attaching objects to Red's branches?

4. The narrator states that "most trees are" what "at heart" (3)?

5. Bongo offer to "make a deposit" (49) on the head of the lanky boy for carving into Red's trunk for what length of time?

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