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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 example of a crepuscular creature, according to Red?
(a) A deer.
(b) A bat.
(c) A moth.
(d) A firefly.

2. What is NOT named by Red as being part of "the crow version of a smile" (113)?
(a) An open beak.
(b) A raised foot.
(c) A cocked head.
(d) A pair of gleaming eyes.

3. On the night when Red interrupts Bongo's sleep in order to ask her a question, what is the question?
(a) Why intolerance occurs.
(b) How friendships begin.
(c) What hate is made of.
(d) Why the sky is blue.

4. Red declares to Samar and Stephen that he has over 200 years of what to share?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Sanctuary.
(c) Culture.
(d) History.

5. What action does Red take when Bongo finally laughs at one of her lame jokes?
(a) She starts to worry.
(b) She feels relieved.
(c) She starts to tremble all over.
(d) She starts to devise a plan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Red states that Francesca likes which creatures better than she likes trees?

2. The police and Francesca all agree that the word "LEAVE" (49) carved into Red's trunk is a what?

3. Before Stephen runs home the night Red speaks aloud, Stephen stops to express what sentiment to Red?

4. Who hides just before Samar pays her customary nightly visit to Red?

5. What two items is Stephen carrying when he comes outside to join Samar beneath Red's branches?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What finally acts as the impetus for Samar and Stephen's first real conversation?

4. How does Francesca's delivery of her announcement about Red differ from previous times when she has threatened to have Red cut down?

5. Why does the first plan to help Samar find a friend fail?

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

7. Who was Squibbles?

8. Discuss an example when Applegate uses foreshadowing to build suspense in the reader.

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

10. Compare and contrast the ways in which Bongo and Red feel about a plan to help Samar.

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