Binary Tree creation in node.js with taking input from console

Question

How to create a binary tree in node.js by taking input from the console node by node and form the tree?

wanted to create something like this:

     4
    / \
   6   5
  / \  
 8   2

Enter Root Node: 4
Left Child of 4: 6
Left Child of 6: 8
Left Child of 8: *
Right Child of 6: 2
Right Child of 4: 5
Left Child of 5: *
Right Child of 5: *

const readline = require('readline');

const rl = readline.createInterface({
  input: process.stdin,
  output: process.stdout
});



function binaryTree() {
    let root = null;

    function Node(element) {
        this.element = element;
        this.left = null;
        this.right = null;
    }

    function create(question) {
        rl.question(question, (answer) => {
            

            if(answer == "*") {
                return "*";
            }

            if(answer.includes("exit")) {
                answer = answer.split(" ")[0];
                rl.close();
                if(answer == "*") {
                    return "*";
                }
            }

            let newNode = new Node(answer);
            if(root === null) root = newNode;
            newNode.left = create("Left Child of " + answer + ": ");
            newNode.right = create("Right Child of " + answer + ": ");
            
            return newNode;


        
        });
    }

    function preOrder(head) {
        console.log("head: " + head);
        if( head == "*" || head == null ) {
            return;
        }

        console.log(head.element);
        preOrder(head.left);
        preOrder(head.right);
    }

    function getRoot() {
        return root;
    }

    return {  create, preOrder, getRoot };
}

let bTree = binaryTree();
let bTree_root = bTree.getRoot();

bTree.create("Root Value: ");

The above code is not working as expected. I think it is due to asynchronous and recursion.