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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 beak.
(b) A claw.
(c) A fang.
(d) A tail.

2. 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) Max's wife.
(d) Francesca.

3. Who hides just before Samar pays her customary nightly visit to Red?
(a) BigYou.
(b) Stephen.
(c) Bongo.
(d) Flash.

4. What word does Bongo use to describe Red's decision to speak to humans?
(a) Presumptuous.
(b) Foolish.
(c) Courageous.
(d) Hopeful.

5. 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.

6. How do Bongo and Red choose the helper who will assist with Plan Number Two?
(a) They decide who is the fastest.
(b) They flip a coin.
(c) They hold a contest.
(d) They see who emerges first.

7. What is a group of hummingbirds called, according to Bongo?
(a) A kit.
(b) A swallow.
(c) A grove.
(d) A charm.

8. Which birds are said to be the only ones to use tools, according to Red?
(a) Crows.
(b) Finches.
(c) Robins.
(d) Sparrows.

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

10. What sound did Maeve hear that alerted her to the presence of an infant in one of Red's hollows?
(a) Wailing.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Cooing.
(d) Burbling.

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

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

13. What action does Red take when Bongo finally laughs at one of her lame jokes?
(a) She starts to devise a plan.
(b) She starts to worry.
(c) She starts to tremble all over.
(d) She feels relieved.

14. The police and Francesca all agree that the word "LEAVE" (49) carved into Red's trunk is a what?
(a) A wish.
(b) A threat.
(c) A joke.
(d) A prank.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Maeve call Red once she tied her own wish onto one of Red's branches?

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

3. At what time of day did a young woman leave her infant daughter in one of Red's hollows?

4. At what time of day does FreshBakedBread say her children should be asleep?

5. On the night when Red interrupts Bongo's sleep in order to ask her a question, what is the question?

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