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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Red claims in Chapter 4 that what aspect is a part of every true friendship?

2. What criticism does Bongo make about Red's personality?

3. Bongo loves to listen to a band down the street practice what kind of music?

4. What is NOT an action mentioned by Red when they consider what it might be like not to have roots?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens every year on Wishing Day?

2. What connections does Red make between the two species of humans and trees?

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

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

5. How does Red surmise that the carving by the lanky boy is "meant to hurt" (43)?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What ultimate message is Applegate sending about the nature and value of compassion?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Applegate’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within the narrative of Wishtree.

Essay Topic 3

William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Applegate’s novel Wishtree. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the book.

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