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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Red states that what element "has a way of focusing your attention" (80)?
(a) Silence.
(b) Abject horror.
(c) Joy.
(d) Impending death.

2. Where does Bongo keep her secret stash of objects?
(a) In Red's largest hollow.
(b) In one of Red's smaller hollows.
(c) Under the eaves of the blue house's roof.
(d) Under the eaves of the green house's roof.

3. What is NOT something at which Samar often gazes during her nighttime visits with Red?
(a) Red.
(b) The yellow house.
(c) The moon.
(d) The green house.

4. What positive act do woodpeckers perform for Red?
(a) They provide a feeling of community.
(b) They keep secrets.
(c) They eat annoying pests.
(d) They eradicate dead material from Red's trunk.

5. Red says that most people who visit them are kind folks who are careful not to take what action?
(a) To trod upon Red's complex root system.
(b) To rip off too many of Red's leaves.
(c) To dig too deeply into Red's bark as they carve their initials.
(d) To tie a knot too tight around Red's branch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Red exasperates Bongo and the babies' mothers by announcing that "sometimes all you can do is stand tall and" (93) take what action?

2. What is NOT an example of a crepuscular creature, according to Red?

3. What sort of utterance from a crow does Red describe as "unmistakable" (37)?

4. How many hollows in total does Red have?

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

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