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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The band down the street is composed of how many middle school students?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

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

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

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

5. What criticism does Red make about Bongo's personality?
(a) Too narrow-minded.
(b) Too selfish.
(c) Too selfless.
(d) Too pessimistic.

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

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

8. Red reports that Samar uses a whisper to wish for what?
(a) A friend.
(b) Rent money.
(c) Good health for her mother.
(d) A new father.

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

10. Red says that most people who visit them are kind folks who are careful not to take what action?
(a) To tie a knot too tight around Red's branch.
(b) To rip off too many of Red's leaves.
(c) To trod upon Red's complex root system.
(d) To dig too deeply into Red's bark as they carve their initials.

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

12. Red claims in Chapter 4 that what aspect is a part of every true friendship?
(a) Violence.
(b) Trust.
(c) Disagreement.
(d) Anger.

13. 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 hour for a day.
(c) Every day for a year.
(d) Every day for a month.

14. About how old is Samar, according to Red?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 7.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Red declares to the reader that Samar's first wish is the first wish anyone has undertaken in how long?

2. How does Red describe their gender?

3. What is NOT something at which Samar often gazes during her nighttime visits with Red?

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

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

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