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Wishtree Trivia Questions Flashcards

1
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Who is the author?

A

Katherine Applegate

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2
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What is the name of the poem at the beginning of the book?

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“Be Different to Trees”

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What object is the narrator of the story?

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A tree

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4
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What are some of the amazing things trees do?

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Cradle downy owlets, steady flimsy tree forts, photosynthesize

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5
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What does the tree say it cannot do?

A

Talk to people

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6
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Who do they talk to?

A

Daredevil squirrels, hardworking worms, flashy butterflies and bashful moths

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7
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What is the tree’s name?

A

Red

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8
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What is the tree located next to?

A

An elementary school

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9
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What type of tree is it?

A

A northern red oak tree

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10
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What is the scientific name for Red?

A

Quercus rubra

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11
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What time of year does Red look ablaze?

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Fall/autumn

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12
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What are sugar maples called?

A

Sugar

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13
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Who insists on being called Karma?

A

A palm tree in Los Angeles, CA

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14
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What did people in the neighbor hood call Red for a long time?

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Wishtree

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15
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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

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16
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When would they do this?

A

The first day of May every year

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17
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Where are there many wishtrees?

A

In Ireland

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18
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What do they call that day in May?

A

May Day

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19
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Who is Red’s best pal?

A

Bongo

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20
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What type of animal is she?

A

A crow

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21
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How did she get her name?

A

She chose her name after her first flight.

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22
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What do crows change on a whim?

A

Their name

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23
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What are crows excellent at?

A

Being mimics

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24
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When does Bongo sway to music?

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When the four middle school rock band kids play in their garage.

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25
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What type of gender is Red?

A

Both male and female

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26
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What is the scientific name for this?

A

Monoecious

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27
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What can’t trees and crows and all animals do in regards to humans?

A

Talk to them

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28
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What did Fly the frog accidentally do once?

A

Apologize to the mailman after he scared him into fainting

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29
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Besides being a tree, what else is Red?

A

A home, a community

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30
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What are tree hollows?

A

Holes in a trunk or branch

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31
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What type of tree is Red that doesn’t see a lot of bears?

A

A city tree

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32
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What is currently living in Red?

A

Owl nestlings, baby opossums, and tiny raccoons

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33
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Who is Samar?

A

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.

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34
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What does Bongo give Samar as a way of saying “I’m glad we’re friends?”

A

A Monopoly token, a gold hair ribbon, a cap from a root beer bottle

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35
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What does Samar tie on Red’s branches?

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A small piece of pink with dots cloth. Something was written on it.

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36
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What does Samar wish for?

A

She wishes for a friend.

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37
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How much of a fully grown tree is actually alive at any one time?

A

One percent

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38
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How old is Red?

A

216 years old

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39
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What is a fancy name for birds like crows, ravens, jays, and magpies?

A

Corvids

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40
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What is the name of the boy who lives in the green house?

A

Stephen

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41
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What are some of the voice imitations that Bongo can do well?

A

A passable tuba, an impressive Chihuahua, and a fine police siren.

42
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What does Bongo like to do with the elementary school children’s shoes?

A

Untie their shoelaces

43
Q

What do trees mind (what bothers them)?

A

Being carved into

44
Q

What does the boy use to carve into Red?

A

A little screwdriver with a yellow handle

45
Q

What special day is coming up?

A

Wishing Day

46
Q

What did the boy carve into Red?

A

LEAVE

47
Q

What religion is Samar’s family?

A

Muslim

48
Q

What are the names of the two cats that get stuck atop Red?

A

Lewis and Clark

49
Q

Who shows up to take photos of the carving?

A

The police (Sandy and Max)

50
Q

Who is the owner of the housed that are rented?

A

Francesca

51
Q

What do they call the trees in Ireland?

A

‘Raggy trees’

52
Q

What does Francesca threaten to do to Red?

A

Cut the tree down

53
Q

When are crepuscular creatures active?

A

At dusk and dawn

54
Q

Who is Harold?

A

The smallest barn owl who nestles in Red

55
Q

What does Max wish for?

A

That he didn’t have to investigate cases like this one

56
Q

Who does Samar remind Red of?

A

Francesca’s great-grandmother

57
Q

What are raccoon mothers notorious for?

A

Forgetting their children’s name

58
Q

Whose wish does Red want to grant?

A

Samar’s

59
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What was Plan Number Two?

A

Bongo stole Stephen’s English homework so Samar could return it to him and become friends.

60
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What is Plan Number One?

A

Pick an opossum to play dead so Samar and Stephen will start talking about how to save it and become friends.

61
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Who helps with Plan Number Two?

A

Flashlight, the baby opossum

62
Q

What are opossums good at?

A

Pretending to be dead

63
Q

How would they decide who would help?

A

They flipped a penny.

64
Q

What is a bunch of crows called?

A

A murder

65
Q

What is Plan Number Three?

A

Bongo is going to untie Samar’s wish from the tree and give it to Stephen.

66
Q

Who helps Bongo get the wish off the tree?

A

BigYou

67
Q

What is Flashlight scared of?

A

Flashlights

68
Q

What rule does Red break so that Samar and Stephen don’t leave for the night?

A

He says the word ‘stay’.

69
Q

When did Red become a wishtree?

A

1848

70
Q

Who was Maeve?

A

An Irish immigrant, sixteen, alone and penniless who had a gift for caring for the sick

71
Q

Who was Red’s closest confidant back then?

A

Squibbles

72
Q

What was Maeve’s first wish for Red?

A

For someone to love with all her heart

73
Q

What did someone leave at the base of Red that Red assumed was a loaf of bread?

A

A baby

74
Q

What nationality was Maeve’s baby?

A

Italian

75
Q

What did she name her?

A

Amadora

76
Q

What does that name mean?

A

“The gift of love”

77
Q

Who is Francesca named after?

A

Her middle name is her great-grandmother Maeve

78
Q

What gets thrown at Red’s trunk?

A

Raw eggs

79
Q

What promise did Samar and Stephen make the next morning?

A

Not to talk to anyone about the tree talking

80
Q

When are the tree cutters coming to take down Red?

A

The day after Wishing Day

81
Q

Why does Francesca pick that day to cut Red down?

A

All the animals vacate the tree because of the people coming by for Wishing Day

82
Q

Who fights for Red not to be cut down?

A

Samar and Stephen

83
Q

Where is Maeve’s journal?

A

In the shed behind Samar’s house

84
Q

How does Bongo sometimes refer to Red?

A

As a Wise Old Tree

85
Q

What does Red watch his last night?

A

The stars

86
Q

What happens to the animals that were staying with Red?

A

They find homes within other trees or in the neighborhood.

87
Q

Who says she’ll stay with Red until the bitter end?

A

Bongo

88
Q

Who showed up for Red’s end?

A

Samar, Stephen, Sandy, Max, Francesca, news reporters, neighbors, hundreds of kids, the principal, assistant principal, janitor, teachers and other adults.

89
Q

What were they all holding?

A

An index card with a string through it

90
Q

What do the cards say?

A

STAY

91
Q

What does Red think the grinder looks like?

A

A hungry animal

92
Q

What is the name of the man cutting Red down?

A

Dave

93
Q

Who runs into Red, stalling the crew about to cut him down?

A

Flash

94
Q

Who follows him?

A

All the animals

95
Q

What does Francesca decide?

A

To save Red

96
Q

What does Samar wish for later?

A

An invisible robot that does homework

97
Q

Who is Bongo’s new friend?

A

Harley-Davidson

98
Q

What did Bongo do when Red spots the boy who carved into the tree?

A

Leaves a deposit on him

99
Q

What did Francesca apply from the city?

A

To make Red a “heritage tree”

100
Q

What genre is this book?

A

Fantasy Fiction

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