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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 word does Red use to describe their own decision to speak to humans?
(a) Arrogant.
(b) Hopeful.
(c) Foolish.
(d) Brave.

2. What did Maeve call Red once she tied her own wish onto one of Red's branches?
(a) Her stringy tree.
(b) Her raggy tree.
(c) Her friendship tree.
(d) Her dreamy tree.

3. By what time of day do the police arrive in Chapter 15 on the day when the lanky boy carves into Red's trunk?
(a) Ten.
(b) Lunchtime.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Supper time.

4. Maeve names her daughter Amadora, a name which means "gift of love" (146) in what language?
(a) Portuguese.
(b) Latin.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Italian.

5. Red states that Francesca likes which creatures better than she likes trees?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Rats.
(c) Worms.
(d) Cats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound does Bongo finally make that succeeds in waking up Stephen?

2. In what year did Maeve arrive in Red's neighborhood?

3. Francesca tells the police that people in which country call trees like Red "raggy trees" (61)?

4. What color is the key that accompanies the journal that was given to Maeve by one of her patients?

5. On the night when Red interrupts Bongo's sleep in order to ask her a question, what is the question?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Applegate go about demonstrating that not everyone in town in Islamophobic?

2. In what way does the ticking clock motif emerge within the narrative of wishtree?

3. What benefits of trees does Applegate point out within the narrative of Wishtree?

4. How do the themes of deception and compassion intertwine in Chapter 25?

5. Discuss an instance when Applegate portrays immigrants as people with valuable qualities to contribute to society.

6. What does the reader learn about Maeve in Chapter 31?

7. How does Red characterize the very first wish that was ever made upon Red's branches?

8. What is the significance of the year 1848 in Red's life?

9. How does Red describe the "crow version of a smile" (113)?

10. What name did Maeve give to the child she found in Red's hollow and why?

(see the answer keys)

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