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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. What is the first word that Red speaks aloud to Samar and Stephen?

2. Red states that Francesca likes which creatures better than she likes trees?

3. From what country did Maeve originally hail?

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

5. What keeps Samar from touching the word that is carved into Red's trunk, though she reaches out to do so?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How the does the theme of altruism appear within the scene when Red comes to terms with his possible imminent demise?

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

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

8. In what way did the majority of people react to Maeve's named wish?

9. Which character is asked by Red to untie Samar's wish from Red's branch and why?

10. What benefits of trees does Applegate point out within the narrative of Wishtree?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Examine the role of Maeve within the narrative of Wishtree. How does Applegate use Maeve’s role to highlight themes and messages included within the overall narrative?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Applegate’s use of the motif of sound within the novel Wishtree.

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