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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sort of utterance from a crow does Red describe as "unmistakable" (37)?
(a) A sneeze.
(b) A sigh.
(c) A snort.
(d) A giggle.

2. What adjective does Red apply to botanists who "study the lives of plants all day" (17)?
(a) Lucky.
(b) Smart.
(c) Savvy.
(d) Smug.

3. About how old is Samar, according to Red?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 7.

4. Red says that Samar has served as a reminder that there is beauty in what?
(a) Isolation.
(b) Stillness.
(c) Love.
(d) Silence.

5. Who wishes Samar a good morning when Stephen fails to do so?
(a) Bongo.
(b) Samar's mother.
(c) Red.
(d) Samar's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is used to refer to birds such as crows, jays, magpies, and ravens?

2. What does the narrator say about the level of difficulty involved when talking to trees?

3. What harmful act do woodpeckers perform in relation to Red?

4. According to Red, all sugar maple trees go by what name?

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?

(see the answer key)

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