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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Lewis and Clark?

2. What is a group of hummingbirds called, according to Bongo?

3. What item of Stephen's does Bongo steal from Stephen's backpack in an effort to bring Samar and Stephen together?

4. Who uses a paper clip in an attempt to untie Samar's wish from Red's branch?

5. According to Red, who had summoned the police to examine Red after the lanky boy had carved up Red's trunk?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way did a small fraction of people react to Maeve's named wish?

2. Compare and contrast the ways in which Bongo and Red feel about a plan to help Samar.

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

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

5. Who ultimately gets Samar's wish untied from Red's branch and how is the task performed?

6. In what way does the theme of acceptance arise within Red's reaction to his coming demise?

7. How does Francesca's delivery of her announcement about Red differ from previous times when she has threatened to have Red cut down?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sensory details are used frequently by Applegate in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression throughout the narrative of Wishtree. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Applegate’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.

Essay Topic 2

What is the function of Bongo's character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by Applegate in depicting Bongo and include in your discussion the reasons that Applegate portrays the character of Bongo in these particular ways.

Essay Topic 3

How is the topic of the sanctity of life treated within Wishtree and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?

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