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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wishes Samar a good morning when Stephen fails to do so?
(a) Bongo.
(b) Samar's father.
(c) Red.
(d) Samar's mother.

2. The narrator states that trees talk only to humans who exhibit which trait?
(a) Altruism.
(b) Openness.
(c) Trustworthiness.
(d) Silence.

3. Red reports that Samar uses a whisper to wish for what?
(a) Rent money.
(b) A new father.
(c) Good health for her mother.
(d) A friend.

4. What color cloth does Samar use when she first ties a wish to Red's branch?
(a) White.
(b) Pink.
(c) Purple.
(d) Red.

5. Bongo loves to listen to a band down the street practice what kind of music?
(a) Rock.
(b) Country.
(c) Jazz.
(d) Classical.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective does Red apply to botanists who "study the lives of plants all day" (17)?

2. Bongo says that birds like her do NOT care about which element of life?

3. The band down the street is composed of how many middle school students?

4. What is NOT something at which Samar often gazes during her nighttime visits with Red?

5. What word is revealed to have been carved into Red's trunk by the lanky boy?

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