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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The narrator states that while trees can tell stories, they are not very good at what other action?
(a) Crying.
(b) Telling jokes.
(c) Expressing empathy.
(d) Expressing sympathy.

3. What adjective does Red apply to botanists who "study the lives of plants all day" (17)?
(a) Smart.
(b) Savvy.
(c) Smug.
(d) Lucky.

4. What kind of creature is Red's best friend Bongo?
(a) A robin.
(b) A crow.
(c) A snake.
(d) A beetle.

5. Red says that Samar has served as a reminder that there is grace in what?
(a) Truth.
(b) Community.
(c) Acceptance.
(d) Tolerance.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The boy named Stephen lives in a house painted what color?

3. Red reports that Samar uses a whisper to wish for what?

4. What color is the handle of the tool used by the lanky boy when he carves into Red's trunk?

5. Red turns how old in Chapter 11?

(see the answer key)

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