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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What positive act do woodpeckers perform for Red?
(a) They eradicate dead material from Red's trunk.
(b) They keep secrets.
(c) They provide a feeling of community.
(d) They eat annoying pests.

2. What does the narrator say about the level of difficulty involved when talking to trees?
(a) It is easy.
(b) It takes time.
(c) It is hard.
(d) It takes a special voice.

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

4. What is NOT among the acts of Islamophobic hate crimes committed against Samar and her family, according to Red?
(a) Angry men drive by and shout Islamophobic things at Samar's house.
(b) People throw raw eggs at Samar's house.
(c) People have painted Islamophobic slurs onto Samar's garage.
(d) Samar's classmates follow her home from school, taunting her.

5. What adjective does Red use to describe the way in which the lanky boy carves into Red's trunk?
(a) Absentminded.
(b) Determined.
(c) Mean.
(d) Loving.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action does Red take when Bongo finally laughs at one of her lame jokes?

2. What keeps Samar from touching the word that is carved into Red's trunk, though she reaches out to do so?

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

4. What term does Red use to describe Samar?

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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