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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. What does the narrator say about the level of difficulty involved when talking to trees?
(a) It is hard.
(b) It takes a special voice.
(c) It takes time.
(d) It is easy.

2. On which part of Samar's body does Bongo begin to sit?
(a) Her shoulder.
(b) Her arm.
(c) Her head.
(d) Her knee.

3. The band down the street is composed of how many middle school students?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

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

5. What is NOT among the acts of Islamophobic hate crimes committed against Samar and her family, according to Red?
(a) Samar's classmates follow her home from school, taunting her.
(b) People have painted Islamophobic slurs onto Samar's garage.
(c) People throw raw eggs at Samar's house.
(d) Angry men drive by and shout Islamophobic things at Samar's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Red says that Samar has served as a reminder that there is beauty in what?

2. What color is the house in which Samar and her family live?

3. According to Red, all juniper trees go by what name?

4. What criticism does Red make about Bongo's personality?

5. At what tine of the morning does Samar first tie a wish to one of Red's branches?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Discuss one major conflict present within your reading of the novel Wishtree so far.

5. What kinds of illustrations are included in the first seven chapters of the novel and for what purpose?

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

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

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

9. What examples does Red provide when claiming that "There's a lot of give-and-take in nature" (25)?

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

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