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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. What kind of tree that lives in Los Angeles insists on being called Karma?

2. Red does NOT state that trees are meant to take which action?

3. According to Red, what percentage of a fully grown tree is actually alive at any given moment?

4. What term does Red use to describe Samar?

5. What harmful act do woodpeckers perform in relation to Red?

Short Essay Questions

1. What activities does Red wonder about experiencing and why?

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

3. For what reason does Red call Samar a "visitor" (27)?

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

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

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

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

8. Describe Red's several hollows, explaining their origins and their benefits.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the theme of communication portrayed in Wishtree? Examine Applegate's treatment of and messages regarding communication throughout the book.

Essay Topic 2

Determine Applegate’s message within the novel Wishtree regarding the idea of personal responsibility.

Essay Topic 3

Sensory details are used frequently by Applegate in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression throughout the narrative of Wishtree. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Applegate’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.

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