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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Red declares to the reader that Samar's first wish is the first wish anyone has undertaken in how long?
(a) Months.
(b) Weeks.
(c) Hours.
(d) Years.

2. The boy named Stephen lives in a house painted what color?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) White.

3. What is NOT something at which Samar often gazes during her nighttime visits with Red?
(a) Red.
(b) The yellow house.
(c) The green house.
(d) The moon.

4. What harmful act do woodpeckers perform in relation to Red?
(a) They siphon much of Red's water.
(b) They bring disease.
(c) They steal Red's small twigs.
(d) They hammer at Red's trunk.

5. According to Red, what percentage of a fully grown tree is actually alive at any given moment?
(a) 60.
(b) 1.
(c) 25.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT an action mentioned by Red when they consider what it might be like not to have roots?

2. What does the narrator say about the level of difficulty involved when talking to trees?

3. Red says that most people who visit them are kind folks who are careful not to take what action?

4. When Red announces to the reader in Chapter 7 that they are "not just a tree," (23) what else do they say they are?

5. Red states that the more frequently someone listens, the more often they take what action?

Short Essay Questions

1. What negative effects does it have upon a tree to carve into it, according to Red?

2. How is the theme of tranquility included within Red's introduction of Samar to the reader?

3. What activities does Red wonder about experiencing and why?

4. For what reason does Applegate spend so much time discussing the naming of the species?

5. Red explains that hollows in trees occur for all sorts of reasons. Name five.

6. What aspect of Red's provision of shelter is unprecedented the year that is depicted in the narrative?

7. What happens every year on Wishing Day?

8. What is ironic about the expression on the lanky boy's face as he defaces Red's trunk?

9. Which character moves forward most of the action in the novel Wishtree and how?

10. What connections does Red make between the two species of humans and trees?

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