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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 is NOT an action mentioned by Red when they consider what it might be like not to have roots?
(a) To swim.
(b) To burrow.
(c) To fly.
(d) To slither.

2. What action does Bongo regularly take when she is thinking about a difficult problem?
(a) She hops up and down.
(b) She shifts from foot to foot.
(c) She recites the state capitals.
(d) She stretches her wings.

3. Red declares to the reader that Samar's first wish is the first wish anyone has undertaken in how long?
(a) Years.
(b) Hours.
(c) Weeks.
(d) Months.

4. How many hollows in total does Red have?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

5. The band down the street is composed of how many middle school students?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states that "most trees are" what "at heart" (3)?

2. Red is located nearby what type of institution?

3. Where does Bongo keep her secret stash of objects?

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

5. When the tree narrating the novel reveals that their name is Red, what kind of tree do they reveal themselves to be?

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

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

6. For what reason does Applegate spend so much time discussing the naming of the species?

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

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

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

10. What negative effects does it have upon a tree to carve into it, according to Red?

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