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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What adjective does Bongo use to describe the people who observe Wishing Day by attaching objects to Red's branches?
(a) Crazy.
(b) Greedy.
(c) Naive.
(d) Silly.

2. Red does NOT state that trees are meant to take which action?
(a) To endure.
(b) To listen.
(c) To observe.
(d) To reflect.

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

4. The narrator states that while trees can tell stories, they are not very good at what other action?
(a) Telling jokes.
(b) Crying.
(c) Expressing sympathy.
(d) Expressing empathy.

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

6. What kind of creature is Red's best friend Bongo?
(a) A robin.
(b) A snake.
(c) A crow.
(d) A beetle.

7. Bongo tells Red that Red does not "look a day over" (38) what age?
(a) 200.
(b) 150.
(c) 75.
(d) 100.

8. On which part of Samar's body does Bongo begin to sit?
(a) Her arm.
(b) Her head.
(c) Her knee.
(d) Her shoulder.

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

10. 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 siphon much of Red's water.
(d) They bring disease.

11. Bongo loves to listen to a band down the street practice what kind of music?
(a) Rock.
(b) Country.
(c) Jazz.
(d) Classical.

12. The narrator states that "most trees are" what "at heart" (3)?
(a) Introverts.
(b) Stately.
(c) Selfless.
(d) Kind.

13. In what month do Samar and her family move into a house located near Red?
(a) April.
(b) January.
(c) February.
(d) June.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Bongo says that birds like her do NOT care about which element of life?

2. What color is the house in which Samar and her family live?

3. The narrator states that trees talk only to humans who exhibit which trait?

4. Red states that what kind of animals name themselves upon the completion of their first flight?

5. The boy named Stephen lives in a house painted what color?

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