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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What implement is used to try to untie Samar's wish from the branch before a paper clip is used instead?
(a) A tail.
(b) A fang.
(c) A beak.
(d) A claw.

2. Red declares that Samar reminds them of which one of Francesca's family members?
(a) Her great-great-grandmother.
(b) Her great-aunt.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her great-grandmother.

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

4. What kind of animal is Squibbles?
(a) A raccoon.
(b) A mouse.
(c) A squirrel.
(d) An opossum.

5. Red declares to Samar and Stephen that he has over 200 years of what to share?
(a) Culture.
(b) Sanctuary.
(c) History.
(d) Wisdom.

6. What is Flash's full name?
(a) Flash Flood.
(b) Flash Point.
(c) Flashlight.
(d) Flash Gordon.

7. 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) Reach deep.
(c) Believe in yourself.
(d) Keep your chin up.

8. Who uses a paper clip in an attempt to untie Samar's wish from Red's branch?
(a) Bongo.
(b) Stephen.
(c) Agnes.
(d) BigYou.

9. How does Samar explain her perception that Red had spoken to her and Stephen?
(a) She says she must be dreaming.
(b) She says she must have fallen down the rabbit hole.
(c) She says that a bad piece of fish had caused her to hallucinate.
(d) She says that she must not be in Kansas anymore.

10. Which properties have Francesca's family owned for generations?
(a) The red house and the yellow house.
(b) The green house and the vacant lot next door.
(c) The green house and the blue house.
(d) The blue house and the vacant lot next door.

11. Which character does Red at first send to untie Samar's wish?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Flash.
(c) BigYou.
(d) Bongo.

12. Which of Maeve's family members were still living by the time she arrived in Red's neighborhood?
(a) 3.
(b) 0.
(c) 1.
(d) 5.

13. What did Maeve call Red once she tied her own wish onto one of Red's branches?
(a) Her stringy tree.
(b) Her dreamy tree.
(c) Her friendship tree.
(d) Her raggy tree.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what kind of voice does Stephen thank Red for speaking?

3. What word does Red use to describe their own decision to speak to humans?

4. What sound does Bongo finally make that succeeds in waking up Stephen?

5. The journal given to Maeve by one of her grateful patients is made of what material?

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