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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 color is the house in which Samar and her family live?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Blue.
(c) White.
(d) Green.
2. What action does Bongo regularly take when she is thinking about a difficult problem?
(a) She stretches her wings.
(b) She recites the state capitals.
(c) She shifts from foot to foot.
(d) She hops up and down.
3. At the end of Chapter 11, Red declares that "it is a great gift indeed to" (40) take what action?
(a) Love who you are.
(b) Be able to speak.
(c) Forgive.
(d) Reach for your dreams.
4. Red recalls acting as a host to a family of what kinds of creatures?
(a) Frogs.
(b) Porcupines.
(c) Butterflies.
(d) Otters.
5. Red states that wishtrees can be found all over the world, but that there are "many in" (10) what country?
(a) France.
(b) Greece.
(c) Spain.
(d) Ireland.
Short Answer Questions
1. What adjective does Red use to describe the people who observe Wishing Day by attaching objects to Red's branches?
2. What color is the handle of the tool used by the lanky boy when he carves into Red's trunk?
3. What criticism does Red make about Bongo's personality?
4. What word is revealed to have been carved into Red's trunk by the lanky boy?
5. Bongo loves to listen to a band down the street practice what kind of music?
Short Essay Questions
1. For what reason does Applegate spend so much time discussing the naming of the species?
2. Red explains that hollows in trees occur for all sorts of reasons. Name five.
3. What aspect of Red's provision of shelter is unprecedented the year that is depicted in the narrative?
4. Discuss an instance when Applegate uses a simile to send a message about time.
5. What is ironic about the expression on the lanky boy's face as he defaces Red's trunk?
6. Discuss the significance of Wishtree's dedication and epigraph.
7. How does Applegate go about introducing scientific facts in a way that will interest young readers?
8. What activities does Red wonder about experiencing and why?
9. For what reason does Red call Samar a "visitor" (27)?
10. How is the theme of tranquility included within Red's introduction of Samar to the reader?
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