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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what name does Flash call Bongo?
(a) Aunt Bongo.
(b) Auntie Bongo.
(c) Nana Bongo.
(d) Mama Bongo.

2. While skunks are named after things that smell good, what are opossums named after?
(a) Planets.
(b) Things that scare them.
(c) Things that make them laugh.
(d) Stars.

3. What two items is Stephen carrying when he comes outside to join Samar beneath Red's branches?
(a) A flashlight and Samar's wish.
(b) A blanket and Samar's wish.
(c) A cup of hot cocoa and Samar's wish.
(d) A flashlight and a blanket.

4. Around which branch of Red's did Maeve tie her wish made of cloth?
(a) The shortest.
(b) The lowest.
(c) The highest.
(d) The longest.

5. What gift does Bongo give to Samar?
(a) A pencil.
(b) A diary.
(c) A key.
(d) A prism.

6. From what country did Maeve originally hail?
(a) Norway.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Scotland.

7. What is NOT named by Red as being part of "the crow version of a smile" (113)?
(a) A cocked head.
(b) An open beak.
(c) A raised foot.
(d) A pair of gleaming eyes.

8. In which of Red's hollows had Maeve's grateful patients left gifts for her?
(a) The second-highest.
(b) The lowest.
(c) The second-lowest.
(d) The highest.

9. According to Red, who had summoned the police to examine Red after the lanky boy had carved up Red's trunk?
(a) Samar's mother.
(b) Samar's father.
(c) Francesca.
(d) Max's wife.

10. By what time of day do the police arrive in Chapter 15 on the day when the lanky boy carves into Red's trunk?
(a) Supper time.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Lunchtime.
(d) Ten.

11. A family composed of what type of animals lives under the porch of the blue house?
(a) Skunks.
(b) Raccoons.
(c) Lizards.
(d) Opossums.

12. Red exasperates Bongo and the babies' mothers by announcing that "sometimes all you can do is stand tall and" (93) take what action?
(a) Be ready.
(b) Keep your chin up.
(c) Reach deep.
(d) Believe in yourself.

13. Bongo says that which types of people need the emotion of hope?
(a) Children.
(b) Adults.
(c) The elderly.
(d) Everyone.

14. Red states that what element "has a way of focusing your attention" (80)?
(a) Impending death.
(b) Joy.
(c) Abject horror.
(d) Silence.

15. Plan Number Two drawn up by Bongo and Red requires help from whom?
(a) Stephen's mother.
(b) One of the babies.
(c) One of the mothers.
(d) Samar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Red declares to Samar and Stephen that he has over 200 years of what to share?

2. How does Samar explain her perception that Red had spoken to her and Stephen?

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

4. Who deemed it necessary to remind Red that Red had not been the one to make Maeve's wish come true?

5. How do Bongo and Red choose the helper who will assist with Plan Number Two?

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