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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 kind of tree that lives in Los Angeles insists on being called Karma?
(a) A palm tree.
(b) A mulberry tree.
(c) A fig tree.
(d) An apple tree.

2. Red says that Samar has served as a reminder that there is beauty in what?
(a) Silence.
(b) Isolation.
(c) Love.
(d) Stillness.

3. What term does Red use to describe Samar?
(a) Visitor.
(b) Friend.
(c) Partner.
(d) Owner.

4. Red claims in Chapter 4 that what aspect is a part of every true friendship?
(a) Anger.
(b) Disagreement.
(c) Violence.
(d) Trust.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT among the acts of Islamophobic hate crimes committed against Samar and her family, according to Red?

2. What word is revealed to have been carved into Red's trunk by the lanky boy?

3. On which part of Samar's body does Bongo begin to sit?

4. Red recalls acting as a host to a family of what kinds of creatures?

5. The narrator states that while trees can tell stories, they are not very good at what other action?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is ironic about the expression on the lanky boy's face as he defaces Red's trunk?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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