Wishtree Trivia Questions Flashcards
Who is the author?
Katherine Applegate
What is the name of the poem at the beginning of the book?
“Be Different to Trees”
What object is the narrator of the story?
A tree
What are some of the amazing things trees do?
Cradle downy owlets, steady flimsy tree forts, photosynthesize
What does the tree say it cannot do?
Talk to people
Who do they talk to?
Daredevil squirrels, hardworking worms, flashy butterflies and bashful moths
What is the tree’s name?
Red
What is the tree located next to?
An elementary school
What type of tree is it?
A northern red oak tree
What is the scientific name for Red?
Quercus rubra
What time of year does Red look ablaze?
Fall/autumn
What are sugar maples called?
Sugar
Who insists on being called Karma?
A palm tree in Los Angeles, CA
What did people in the neighbor hood call Red for a long time?
Wishtree
Why would people put scraps of paper, tags, bits of fabric, snippets of yarn, and the occasional gym sock on Red?
Each offering represents a dream, a desire, a longing
When would they do this?
The first day of May every year
Where are there many wishtrees?
In Ireland
What do they call that day in May?
May Day
Who is Red’s best pal?
Bongo
What type of animal is she?
A crow
How did she get her name?
She chose her name after her first flight.
What do crows change on a whim?
Their name
What are crows excellent at?
Being mimics
When does Bongo sway to music?
When the four middle school rock band kids play in their garage.
What type of gender is Red?
Both male and female
What is the scientific name for this?
Monoecious
What can’t trees and crows and all animals do in regards to humans?
Talk to them
What did Fly the frog accidentally do once?
Apologize to the mailman after he scared him into fainting
Besides being a tree, what else is Red?
A home, a community
What are tree hollows?
Holes in a trunk or branch
What type of tree is Red that doesn’t see a lot of bears?
A city tree
What is currently living in Red?
Owl nestlings, baby opossums, and tiny raccoons
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.
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
What does Samar tie on Red’s branches?
A small piece of pink with dots cloth. Something was written on it.
What does Samar wish for?
She wishes for a friend.
How much of a fully grown tree is actually alive at any one time?
One percent
How old is Red?
216 years old
What is a fancy name for birds like crows, ravens, jays, and magpies?
Corvids
What is the name of the boy who lives in the green house?
Stephen
What are some of the voice imitations that Bongo can do well?
A passable tuba, an impressive Chihuahua, and a fine police siren.
What does Bongo like to do with the elementary school children’s shoes?
Untie their shoelaces
What do trees mind (what bothers them)?
Being carved into
What does the boy use to carve into Red?
A little screwdriver with a yellow handle
What special day is coming up?
Wishing Day
What did the boy carve into Red?
LEAVE
What religion is Samar’s family?
Muslim
What are the names of the two cats that get stuck atop Red?
Lewis and Clark
Who shows up to take photos of the carving?
The police (Sandy and Max)
Who is the owner of the housed that are rented?
Francesca
What do they call the trees in Ireland?
‘Raggy trees’
What does Francesca threaten to do to Red?
Cut the tree down
When are crepuscular creatures active?
At dusk and dawn
Who is Harold?
The smallest barn owl who nestles in Red
What does Max wish for?
That he didn’t have to investigate cases like this one
Who does Samar remind Red of?
Francesca’s great-grandmother
What are raccoon mothers notorious for?
Forgetting their children’s name
Whose wish does Red want to grant?
Samar’s
What was Plan Number Two?
Bongo stole Stephen’s English homework so Samar could return it to him and become friends.
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.
Who helps with Plan Number Two?
Flashlight, the baby opossum
What are opossums good at?
Pretending to be dead
How would they decide who would help?
They flipped a penny.
What is a bunch of crows called?
A murder
What is Plan Number Three?
Bongo is going to untie Samar’s wish from the tree and give it to Stephen.
Who helps Bongo get the wish off the tree?
BigYou
What is Flashlight scared of?
Flashlights
What rule does Red break so that Samar and Stephen don’t leave for the night?
He says the word ‘stay’.
When did Red become a wishtree?
1848
Who was Maeve?
An Irish immigrant, sixteen, alone and penniless who had a gift for caring for the sick
Who was Red’s closest confidant back then?
Squibbles
What was Maeve’s first wish for Red?
For someone to love with all her heart
What did someone leave at the base of Red that Red assumed was a loaf of bread?
A baby
What nationality was Maeve’s baby?
Italian
What did she name her?
Amadora
What does that name mean?
“The gift of love”
Who is Francesca named after?
Her middle name is her great-grandmother Maeve
What gets thrown at Red’s trunk?
Raw eggs
What promise did Samar and Stephen make the next morning?
Not to talk to anyone about the tree talking
When are the tree cutters coming to take down Red?
The day after Wishing Day
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
Who fights for Red not to be cut down?
Samar and Stephen
Where is Maeve’s journal?
In the shed behind Samar’s house
How does Bongo sometimes refer to Red?
As a Wise Old Tree
What does Red watch his last night?
The stars
What happens to the animals that were staying with Red?
They find homes within other trees or in the neighborhood.
Who says she’ll stay with Red until the bitter end?
Bongo
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.
What were they all holding?
An index card with a string through it
What do the cards say?
STAY
What does Red think the grinder looks like?
A hungry animal
What is the name of the man cutting Red down?
Dave
Who runs into Red, stalling the crew about to cut him down?
Flash
Who follows him?
All the animals
What does Francesca decide?
To save Red
What does Samar wish for later?
An invisible robot that does homework
Who is Bongo’s new friend?
Harley-Davidson
What did Bongo do when Red spots the boy who carved into the tree?
Leaves a deposit on him
What did Francesca apply from the city?
To make Red a “heritage tree”
What genre is this book?
Fantasy Fiction
