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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 states that the more frequently someone listens, the more often they take what action?
(a) Trust.
(b) Hear.
(c) Grow.
(d) Learn.

2. Red says that Samar has served as a reminder that there is beauty in what?
(a) Isolation.
(b) Silence.
(c) Stillness.
(d) Love.

3. What positive act do woodpeckers perform for Red?
(a) They keep secrets.
(b) They provide a feeling of community.
(c) They eradicate dead material from Red's trunk.
(d) They eat annoying pests.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a sound that Bongo can mimic?

2. The band down the street is composed of how many middle school students?

3. How many hollows in total does Red have?

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. What adjective does Red apply to botanists who "study the lives of plants all day" (17)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens every year on Wishing Day?

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

3. How does Applegate go about introducing scientific facts in a way that will interest young readers?

4. In what way is the sound motif an important element of Chapter 10?

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

6. Describe Red's several hollows, explaining their origins and their benefits.

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

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

9. In what parts of the world do people observe a tradition involving a wishing tree?

10. Discuss the significance of Wishtree's dedication and epigraph.

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