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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the one rule that Red states the entire natural world holds in common?
(a) No talking to people.
(b) No harming another creature.
(c) No gossiping.
(d) No jealousy.

4. Red is located nearby what type of institution?
(a) A university.
(b) A hospital.
(c) A high school.
(d) An elementary school.

5. Red states that wishtrees can be found all over the world, but that there are "many in" (10) what country?
(a) Greece.
(b) France.
(c) Spain.
(d) Ireland.

6. When the tree narrating the novel reveals that their name is Red, what kind of tree do they reveal themselves to be?
(a) An oak.
(b) A spruce.
(c) An elm.
(d) A willow.

7. The narrator states that the sycamore tree down the street regularly indulges in what habit?
(a) Sunbathing.
(b) Squirrel-protecting.
(c) Sap-collecting.
(d) Gossiping.

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

9. What act does the narrator call the most human of all human actions?
(a) Glaring.
(b) Plotting.
(c) Listening.
(d) Talking.

10. What is NOT among the acts of Islamophobic hate crimes committed against Samar and her family, according to Red?
(a) Samar's classmates follow her home from school, taunting her.
(b) People throw raw eggs at Samar's house.
(c) People have painted Islamophobic slurs onto Samar's garage.
(d) Angry men drive by and shout Islamophobic things at Samar's house.

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

12. Red turns how old in Chapter 11?
(a) 99.
(b) 136.
(c) 236.
(d) 216.

13. When Red announces to the reader in Chapter 7 that they are "not just a tree," (23) what else do they say they are?
(a) A puzzle.
(b) An enigma.
(c) A home.
(d) A jungle gym.

14. What term does Red use to describe Samar?
(a) Partner.
(b) Visitor.
(c) Friend.
(d) Owner.

15. At what tine of the morning does Samar first tie a wish to one of Red's branches?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say about the level of difficulty involved when talking to trees?

2. Red declares to the reader that Samar's first wish is the first wish anyone has undertaken in how long?

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

4. The narrator states that trees talk only to humans who exhibit which trait?

5. On which part of Samar's body does Bongo begin to sit?

(see the answer keys)

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