View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of animal is Flash?

3. A family composed of what type of animals lives under the porch of the blue house?

4. What gift does Bongo give to Samar?

5. In what year did Maeve arrive in Red's neighborhood?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the first plan to help Samar find a friend fail?

2. How does Applegate go about demonstrating that not everyone in town in Islamophobic?

3. How does Red characterize the very first wish that was ever made upon Red's branches?

4. What does the reader learn about Maeve in Chapter 31?

5. Discuss an example when Applegate uses foreshadowing to build suspense in the reader.

6. What is Bongo and Red's first plan to help Samar find a friend?

7. How does Red describe the "crow version of a smile" (113)?

8. What finally acts as the impetus for Samar and Stephen's first real conversation?

9. What reasons does Francesca cite for wanting to have Red chopped down?

10. What name did Maeve give to the child she found in Red's hollow and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Applegate’s novel Wishtree. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze Wishtree from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the theme of tolerance within Wishtree. What is Applegate’s message regarding tolerance and how do you know?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,182 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample