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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 reports that Samar uses a whisper to wish for what?
(a) A friend.
(b) A new father.
(c) Good health for her mother.
(d) Rent money.

2. Bongo offer to "make a deposit" (49) on the head of the lanky boy for carving into Red's trunk for what length of time?
(a) Every day for a month.
(b) Every day for a year.
(c) Every week for a month.
(d) Every hour for a day.

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

4. What adjective does Red apply to botanists who "study the lives of plants all day" (17)?
(a) Smart.
(b) Smug.
(c) Savvy.
(d) Lucky.

5. Bongo tells Red that Red does not "look a day over" (38) what age?
(a) 75.
(b) 100.
(c) 150.
(d) 200.

Short Answer Questions

1. What positive act do woodpeckers perform for Red?

2. According to Red, what percentage of a fully grown tree is actually alive at any given moment?

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

4. What word is used to refer to birds such as crows, jays, magpies, and ravens?

5. At the end of Chapter 11, Red declares that "it is a great gift indeed to" (40) take what action?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How do Red and Bongo act as character foils for one another?

10. What happens every year on Wishing Day?

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