Characters
Who are the two main human characters in Wishtree?
Who is Stephen and Samar?
In what language was the note attached to the baby’s blanked written?
A - Iranian
B - Irish
C - Italian
D - English
What is Italian?
What is the term Bongo uses for butting in all the time?
A - Interrupter
B - Mr. Interrupting Chicken
C - Butinsky
D - Blabber mouth
What is Butinsky?
What does each offering put on the wishtree represent?
A - a desire
B - a longing
C - all of the above
D - a dream
What is all of the above?
Which animals name themselves after things they fear?
A - Skunks
B - Opossums
C - Raccoons
D - Owls
What is opossums?
Which is NOT a name of an animal mother from the story?
A - Hairyspiders
B - Flashlight
C - Freshbakedbread
D - BigYou
Who is Flashlight?
What does the tiny key open?
A - Samar's house
B - Maeve’s diary
C - Red's hollow
D - Francesca's shed
What is Maeve's diary?
Red is a/an ___________?
A - Optimist
B - Fundamentalist
C - Racist
D - Pessimist
What is an optimist?
What animals have sensible no fuss names?
A - Crows
B - Owls
C - Raccoons
D - Opossums
What is owls?
How many raccoon babies does BigYou have?
A - 3
B - 9
C - 7
D - 5
What is 3?
Sandy and Max are the _____________ who meet with Francesca after the carving incident.
A - Plumbers
B - Teachers
C - Firefighters
D - Police Officers
What is Police Officers?
What gift was left for Maeve in the tree hollow?
What is a baby?
What is a bunch of hummingbirds called?
A - Murder
B - Flock
C - Charm
D - Herd
What is a Charm?
What was Maeve’s gift?
A - She cared for sick people.
B - She was a talented seamstress.
C - She made delicious food for people.
D- She was a masterful gardener.
What is "She cared for sick people"?
Finish the quote, "But real life like a good garden is _____________."
A - Cruel
B - Messy
C - Fruitful
D - Hopeful
What is Messy?
How old is Red?
A - 218 rings
B - 80 rings
C - 300 rings
D - 216 rings
What is 216 rings?
Which was the first of the neighborhood animals to climb into Red's hollow before being cut?
A - Agnes
B - Lewis and Clark
C - Hairyspiders
D - Flashlight
Who is Flashlight?
What was a wishtree called in Ireland?
A - Blarney Tree
B - Taggy Tree
C - Raggy Tree
D - Fancy Tree
What is a raggy tree?
What does it mean for Red to become a “Heritage tree”?
A - it will be cut down
B - it will be turned into a wooden statue
C - it will always be a wishtree
D - it will be protected forever
What is "it will be protected forever"?
Which is NOT a gift that Bongo brings to Samar?
A - Key
B - Monopoly car
C - Root beer bottle cap
D - Paperclip
What is a Monopoly car?
What kind of tree is Red?
A - Palm
B - Northern Red Oak
C - Silver Maple
D - Sycamore
What is Northern Red Oak?
Which of Red's plans for granting Samar's wish for a friend worked?
A - show Samar’s wish to Stephen + they talk = friendship
B - strike up a conversation + have things in common = friendship
C - None of the above
D - discover an injured possum + solve the problem together = friendship
What is "show Samar’s wish to Stephen + they talk = friendship"?
What is the term for animals that are active at dusk and dawn, like fireflies, bats, and deer.
A - Corvids
B - Monoecious
C - Quercus rubra
D - Crepuscular
What is crepuscular?
What is the traditional day for wishing on a wish tree?
A - October 1st
B - May 1st
C - December 25th
D - July 4th
What is May 1st?
How did Red break the rule?
What is Red talked to Stephen and Samar?