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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. At what tine of the morning does Samar first tie a wish to one of Red's branches?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

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

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

8. The boy named Stephen lives in a house painted what color?
(a) Green.
(b) White.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Blue.

9. Red says that Samar has served as a reminder that there is grace in what?
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Tolerance.
(c) Truth.
(d) Community.

10. How many hollows in total does Red have?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

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

12. When the tree narrating the novel reveals that their name is Red, what kind of tree do they reveal themselves to be?
(a) An elm.
(b) An oak.
(c) A willow.
(d) A spruce.

13. Red states that the more frequently someone listens, the more often they take what action?
(a) Hear.
(b) Grow.
(c) Trust.
(d) Learn.

14. 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?
(a) Every week for a month.
(b) Every day for a month.
(c) Every day for a year.
(d) Every hour for a day.

15. Red states that many crows name themselves after their affinity for creating what type of sensory output?
(a) Tastes.
(b) Sounds.
(c) Smells.
(d) Sights.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states that "most trees are" what "at heart" (3)?

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

3. Red states that they always let everyone know that taking what action against one's neighbors will not be tolerated?

4. Red states that generally, when a person affixes an object to Red, they also take what action at the same time?

5. On which part of Samar's body does Bongo begin to sit?

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