Wishtree Trivia Questions Flashcards
(100 cards)
1
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Who is the author?
A
Katherine Applegate
2
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What is the name of the poem at the beginning of the book?
A
“Be Different to Trees”
3
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What object is the narrator of the story?
A
A tree
4
Q
What are some of the amazing things trees do?
A
Cradle downy owlets, steady flimsy tree forts, photosynthesize
5
Q
What does the tree say it cannot do?
A
Talk to people
6
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Who do they talk to?
A
Daredevil squirrels, hardworking worms, flashy butterflies and bashful moths
7
Q
What is the tree’s name?
A
Red
8
Q
What is the tree located next to?
A
An elementary school
9
Q
What type of tree is it?
A
A northern red oak tree
10
Q
What is the scientific name for Red?
A
Quercus rubra
11
Q
What time of year does Red look ablaze?
A
Fall/autumn
12
Q
What are sugar maples called?
A
Sugar
13
Q
Who insists on being called Karma?
A
A palm tree in Los Angeles, CA
14
Q
What did people in the neighbor hood call Red for a long time?
A
Wishtree
15
Q
Why would people put scraps of paper, tags, bits of fabric, snippets of yarn, and the occasional gym sock on Red?
A
Each offering represents a dream, a desire, a longing
16
Q
When would they do this?
A
The first day of May every year
17
Q
Where are there many wishtrees?
A
In Ireland
18
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What do they call that day in May?
A
May Day
19
Q
Who is Red’s best pal?
A
Bongo
20
Q
What type of animal is she?
A
A crow
21
Q
How did she get her name?
A
She chose her name after her first flight.
22
Q
What do crows change on a whim?
A
Their name
23
Q
What are crows excellent at?
A
Being mimics
24
Q
When does Bongo sway to music?
A
When the four middle school rock band kids play in their garage.
25
What type of gender is Red?
Both male and female
26
What is the scientific name for this?
Monoecious
27
What can't trees and crows and all animals do in regards to humans?
Talk to them
28
What did Fly the frog accidentally do once?
Apologize to the mailman after he scared him into fainting
29
Besides being a tree, what else is Red?
A home, a community
30
What are tree hollows?
Holes in a trunk or branch
31
What type of tree is Red that doesn't see a lot of bears?
A city tree
32
What is currently living in Red?
Owl nestlings, baby opossums, and tiny raccoons
33
Who is Samar?
She's another visitor Red has that moved into one of the houses Red shades. She's ten years old with wary eyes and a shy smile.
34
What does Bongo give Samar as a way of saying "I'm glad we're friends?"
A Monopoly token, a gold hair ribbon, a cap from a root beer bottle
35
What does Samar tie on Red's branches?
A small piece of pink with dots cloth. Something was written on it.
36
What does Samar wish for?
She wishes for a friend.
37
How much of a fully grown tree is actually alive at any one time?
One percent
38
How old is Red?
216 years old
39
What is a fancy name for birds like crows, ravens, jays, and magpies?
Corvids
40
What is the name of the boy who lives in the green house?
Stephen
41
What are some of the voice imitations that Bongo can do well?
A passable tuba, an impressive Chihuahua, and a fine police siren.
42
What does Bongo like to do with the elementary school children's shoes?
Untie their shoelaces
43
What do trees mind (what bothers them)?
Being carved into
44
What does the boy use to carve into Red?
A little screwdriver with a yellow handle
45
What special day is coming up?
Wishing Day
46
What did the boy carve into Red?
LEAVE
47
What religion is Samar's family?
Muslim
48
What are the names of the two cats that get stuck atop Red?
Lewis and Clark
49
Who shows up to take photos of the carving?
The police (Sandy and Max)
50
Who is the owner of the housed that are rented?
Francesca
51
What do they call the trees in Ireland?
'Raggy trees'
52
What does Francesca threaten to do to Red?
Cut the tree down
53
When are crepuscular creatures active?
At dusk and dawn
54
Who is Harold?
The smallest barn owl who nestles in Red
55
What does Max wish for?
That he didn't have to investigate cases like this one
56
Who does Samar remind Red of?
Francesca's great-grandmother
57
What are raccoon mothers notorious for?
Forgetting their children's name
58
Whose wish does Red want to grant?
Samar's
59
What was Plan Number Two?
Bongo stole Stephen's English homework so Samar could return it to him and become friends.
60
What is Plan Number One?
Pick an opossum to play dead so Samar and Stephen will start talking about how to save it and become friends.
61
Who helps with Plan Number Two?
Flashlight, the baby opossum
62
What are opossums good at?
Pretending to be dead
63
How would they decide who would help?
They flipped a penny.
64
What is a bunch of crows called?
A murder
65
What is Plan Number Three?
Bongo is going to untie Samar's wish from the tree and give it to Stephen.
66
Who helps Bongo get the wish off the tree?
BigYou
67
What is Flashlight scared of?
Flashlights
68
What rule does Red break so that Samar and Stephen don't leave for the night?
He says the word 'stay'.
69
When did Red become a wishtree?
1848
70
Who was Maeve?
An Irish immigrant, sixteen, alone and penniless who had a gift for caring for the sick
71
Who was Red's closest confidant back then?
Squibbles
72
What was Maeve's first wish for Red?
For someone to love with all her heart
73
What did someone leave at the base of Red that Red assumed was a loaf of bread?
A baby
74
What nationality was Maeve's baby?
Italian
75
What did she name her?
Amadora
76
What does that name mean?
"The gift of love"
77
Who is Francesca named after?
Her middle name is her great-grandmother Maeve
78
What gets thrown at Red's trunk?
Raw eggs
79
What promise did Samar and Stephen make the next morning?
Not to talk to anyone about the tree talking
80
When are the tree cutters coming to take down Red?
The day after Wishing Day
81
Why does Francesca pick that day to cut Red down?
All the animals vacate the tree because of the people coming by for Wishing Day
82
Who fights for Red not to be cut down?
Samar and Stephen
83
Where is Maeve's journal?
In the shed behind Samar's house
84
How does Bongo sometimes refer to Red?
As a Wise Old Tree
85
What does Red watch his last night?
The stars
86
What happens to the animals that were staying with Red?
They find homes within other trees or in the neighborhood.
87
Who says she'll stay with Red until the bitter end?
Bongo
88
Who showed up for Red's end?
Samar, Stephen, Sandy, Max, Francesca, news reporters, neighbors, hundreds of kids, the principal, assistant principal, janitor, teachers and other adults.
89
What were they all holding?
An index card with a string through it
90
What do the cards say?
STAY
91
What does Red think the grinder looks like?
A hungry animal
92
What is the name of the man cutting Red down?
Dave
93
Who runs into Red, stalling the crew about to cut him down?
Flash
94
Who follows him?
All the animals
95
What does Francesca decide?
To save Red
96
What does Samar wish for later?
An invisible robot that does homework
97
Who is Bongo's new friend?
Harley-Davidson
98
What did Bongo do when Red spots the boy who carved into the tree?
Leaves a deposit on him
99
What did Francesca apply from the city?
To make Red a "heritage tree"
100
What genre is this book?
Fantasy Fiction
