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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The police and Francesca all agree that the word "LEAVE" (49) carved into Red's trunk is a what?
(a) A threat.
(b) A wish.
(c) A prank.
(d) A joke.

2. Red reports that Samar uses a whisper to wish for what?
(a) A friend.
(b) Rent money.
(c) Good health for her mother.
(d) A new father.

3. What act does the narrator call the most human of all human actions?
(a) Glaring.
(b) Talking.
(c) Listening.
(d) Plotting.

4. What is NOT a sound that Bongo can mimic?
(a) The sound of a tuba.
(b) The sound of a chihuahua.
(c) The sound of running water.
(d) The sound of a fire engine.

5. What is NOT an action mentioned by Red when they consider what it might be like not to have roots?
(a) To slither.
(b) To swim.
(c) To fly.
(d) To burrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is revealed to have been carved into Red's trunk by the lanky boy?

2. What kind of animal is Flash?

3. Red recalls acting as a host to a family of what kinds of creatures?

4. What sort of utterance from a crow does Red describe as "unmistakable" (37)?

5. Bongo loves to listen to a band down the street practice what kind of music?

(see the answer key)

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