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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Maeve names her daughter Amadora, a name which means "gift of love" (146) in what language?
(a) Portuguese.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Latin.
(d) Italian.

2. Plan Number Two drawn up by Bongo and Red requires help from whom?
(a) One of the mothers.
(b) One of the babies.
(c) Samar.
(d) Stephen's mother.

3. What word does Red use to describe their own decision to speak to humans?
(a) Hopeful.
(b) Arrogant.
(c) Brave.
(d) Foolish.

4. What is NOT named by Red as being part of "the crow version of a smile" (113)?
(a) An open beak.
(b) A raised foot.
(c) A pair of gleaming eyes.
(d) A cocked head.

5. Bongo says that which types of people need the emotion of hope?
(a) The elderly.
(b) Everyone.
(c) Children.
(d) Adults.

6. What happens to cause Stephen to run home after he and Samar hear Red speak aloud?
(a) His grandmother calls him.
(b) The bus appears down the street.
(c) His father calls him.
(d) His mother calls him.

7. Around which branch of Red's did Maeve tie her wish made of cloth?
(a) The longest.
(b) The highest.
(c) The shortest.
(d) The lowest.

8. The journal given to Maeve by one of her grateful patients is made of what material?
(a) Leather.
(b) Rubber.
(c) Linen.
(d) Aluminum.

9. FreshBakedBread is what type of animal?
(a) A badger.
(b) A skunk.
(c) A frog.
(d) A crow.

10. Who deemed it necessary to remind Red that Red had not been the one to make Maeve's wish come true?
(a) BigYou.
(b) Flash.
(c) Bongo.
(d) Squibbles.

11. What action does Red take when Bongo finally laughs at one of her lame jokes?
(a) She starts to devise a plan.
(b) She starts to tremble all over.
(c) She starts to worry.
(d) She feels relieved.

12. By what name does Flash call Bongo?
(a) Aunt Bongo.
(b) Auntie Bongo.
(c) Nana Bongo.
(d) Mama Bongo.

13. What is a group of crows called, according to Bongo?
(a) A murder.
(b) A grove.
(c) A passel.
(d) A flock.

14. Which birds are said to be the only ones to use tools, according to Red?
(a) Crows.
(b) Sparrows.
(c) Finches.
(d) Robins.

15. Who is Amadora's great-granddaughter?
(a) Sandy.
(b) Agnes.
(c) Samar.
(d) Francesca.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a problem Francesca mentions in relation to Red's existence?

2. What two items is Stephen carrying when he comes outside to join Samar beneath Red's branches?

3. How does Samar explain her perception that Red had spoken to her and Stephen?

4. On what date did a young woman leave her baby in one of Red's hollows?

5. Samar tells Stephen to take what action after they hear Red speak for the first time?

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