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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. How does Red describe their gender?
(a) Neither male nor female.
(b) Both male and female.
(c) Gender-free.
(d) Non-binary.

2. What is NOT a phrase Bongo can say aloud?
(a) Chip, please.
(b) Bongo wants a cracker.
(c) No way.
(d) You rock.

3. What is the current name of Bongo's cousin, though it is his 17th name to date?
(a) Robin Hood.
(b) Nevermore.
(c) Mephistopheles.
(d) Gizmo.

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

5. According to Red, what percentage of a fully grown tree is actually alive at any given moment?
(a) 1.
(b) 25.
(c) 60.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The boy named Stephen lives in a house painted what color?

3. What adjective does Bongo use to describe the people who observe Wishing Day by attaching objects to Red's branches?

4. What adjective does Red use to describe the way in which the lanky boy carves into Red's trunk?

5. Bongo lands on which of Red's branches in order to closely inspect the injury to Red's trunk?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What elements of magical realism are present within the narrative of Wishtree?

6. At what three sights does Samar often gaze as she sits beneath Red's boughs?

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

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

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

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

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