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

3. The narrator states that trees talk only to humans who exhibit which trait?
(a) Silence.
(b) Trustworthiness.
(c) Openness.
(d) Altruism.

4. Where does Bongo keep her secret stash of objects?
(a) In one of Red's smaller hollows.
(b) Under the eaves of the blue house's roof.
(c) Under the eaves of the green house's roof.
(d) In Red's largest hollow.

5. What sort of utterance from a crow does Red describe as "unmistakable" (37)?
(a) A giggle.
(b) A sneeze.
(c) A sigh.
(d) A snort.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the current name of Bongo's cousin, though it is his 17th name to date?

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

4. Red reports that Samar uses a whisper to wish for what?

5. How many hollows in total does Red have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens every year on Wishing Day?

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

3. For what reason does Red call Samar a "visitor" (27)?

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

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

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

7. How does Red surmise that the carving by the lanky boy is "meant to hurt" (43)?

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

9. Discuss an instance when Applegate uses a simile to send a message about time.

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

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