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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action does Bongo regularly take when she is thinking about a difficult problem?
(a) She hops up and down.
(b) She shifts from foot to foot.
(c) She stretches her wings.
(d) She recites the state capitals.

2. What kind of tree that lives in Los Angeles insists on being called Karma?
(a) A palm tree.
(b) A fig tree.
(c) An apple tree.
(d) A mulberry tree.

3. About how old is Samar, according to Red?
(a) 7.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

4. How does Red describe their gender?
(a) Non-binary.
(b) Neither male nor female.
(c) Gender-free.
(d) Both male and female.

5. In what month do Samar and her family move into a house located near Red?
(a) April.
(b) June.
(c) February.
(d) January.

6. Red states that the more frequently someone listens, the more often they take what action?
(a) Learn.
(b) Grow.
(c) Hear.
(d) Trust.

7. Red says that Samar has served as a reminder that there is beauty in what?
(a) Love.
(b) Stillness.
(c) Isolation.
(d) Silence.

8. What is NOT a sound that Bongo can mimic?
(a) The sound of running water.
(b) The sound of a fire engine.
(c) The sound of a tuba.
(d) The sound of a chihuahua.

9. What is NOT a phrase Bongo can say aloud?
(a) No way.
(b) You rock.
(c) Chip, please.
(d) Bongo wants a cracker.

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

11. Red says that most people who visit them are kind folks who are careful not to take what action?
(a) To tie a knot too tight around Red's branch.
(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 trod upon Red's complex root system.

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

13. What is the current name of Bongo's cousin, though it is his 17th name to date?
(a) Mephistopheles.
(b) Gizmo.
(c) Robin Hood.
(d) Nevermore.

14. Red does NOT state that trees are meant to take which action?
(a) To observe.
(b) To reflect.
(c) To listen.
(d) To endure.

15. What adjective does Red use to describe the people who observe Wishing Day by attaching objects to Red's branches?
(a) Hopeful.
(b) Desirous.
(c) Secretive.
(d) Bashful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Red states that generally, when a person affixes an object to Red, they also take what action at the same time?

2. What word is used to refer to birds such as crows, jays, magpies, and ravens?

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

4. Bongo tells Red that Red does not "look a day over" (38) what age?

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

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