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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Red turns how old in Chapter 11?
(a) 136.
(b) 236.
(c) 99.
(d) 216.

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

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

5. The narrator states that the sycamore tree down the street regularly indulges in what habit?
(a) Sap-collecting.
(b) Sunbathing.
(c) Gossiping.
(d) Squirrel-protecting.

6. 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.

7. Bongo lands on which of Red's branches in order to closely inspect the injury to Red's trunk?
(a) The highest scaffold branch.
(b) The lowest scaffold branch.
(c) A branch three-quarters of the way up Red's trunk.
(d) A branch around 12 feet from the ground.

8. What is the one rule that Red states the entire natural world holds in common?
(a) No talking to people.
(b) No harming another creature.
(c) No jealousy.
(d) No gossiping.

9. What color cloth does Samar use when she first ties a wish to Red's branch?
(a) Purple.
(b) Pink.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

10. The people who visit Red on the first day of a particular month every year are there to attach objects symbolizing their what?
(a) Hopes.
(b) Sorrows.
(c) Tribulations.
(d) Trials.

11. Bongo says that birds like her do NOT care about which element of life?
(a) Wiles.
(b) Deception.
(c) Trickery.
(d) Smarts.

12. According to Red, what percentage of a fully grown tree is actually alive at any given moment?
(a) 1.
(b) 25.
(c) 60.
(d) 10.

13. How does Red describe their gender?
(a) Non-binary.
(b) Both male and female.
(c) Neither male nor female.
(d) Gender-free.

14. Red recalls acting as a host to a family of what kinds of creatures?
(a) Frogs.
(b) Otters.
(c) Butterflies.
(d) Porcupines.

15. On the first day of what month every year do people come to visit Red?
(a) May.
(b) February.
(c) June.
(d) January.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Red says that most people who visit them are kind folks who are careful not to take what action?

3. How many hollows in total does Red have?

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

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

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