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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 color is the house in which Samar and her family live?
(a) White.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Yellow.

2. What harmful act do woodpeckers perform in relation to Red?
(a) They steal Red's small twigs.
(b) They hammer at Red's trunk.
(c) They bring disease.
(d) They siphon much of Red's water.

3. Where does Bongo keep her secret stash of objects?
(a) Under the eaves of the green house's roof.
(b) In Red's largest hollow.
(c) Under the eaves of the blue house's roof.
(d) In one of Red's smaller hollows.

4. Red states that wishtrees can be found all over the world, but that there are "many in" (10) what country?
(a) France.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Spain.
(d) Greece.

5. The narrator states that trees talk only to humans who exhibit which trait?
(a) Trustworthiness.
(b) Altruism.
(c) Openness.
(d) Silence.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the tree narrating the novel reveals that their name is Red, what kind of tree do they reveal themselves to be?

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

3. Red does NOT state that trees are meant to take which action?

4. Red says that Samar has served as a reminder that there is beauty in what?

5. What is NOT an action mentioned by Red when they consider what it might be like not to have roots?

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