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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do Ray Brinkman and Dorothy Cazaly go on an audition for Macbeth?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1990.

2. By what month are Jorben Hoel and his wife U.S. citizens, according to the narrator in "Nicholas Hoel"?
(a) January.
(b) April.
(c) February.
(d) June.

3. When Ray Brinkman and Dorothy Cazaly get re-engaged, what show are they performing in?
(a) You Can't Take It with You.
(b) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
(c) Macbeth.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

4. What kind of trees is Patricia Westerford surrounded in Utah when she begins to cry?
(a) Banyan trees.
(b) Ash trees.
(c) Almond trees.
(d) Aspen trees.

5. When does Patricia Westerford begin working with the Bureau of Land Management?
(a) The 1970s.
(b) The 1980s.
(c) The 1960s.
(d) The 1990s.

6. In what war does Douglas Pavlicek serve in the army?
(a) The Korean War.
(b) The War in Afghanistan.
(c) The Vietnam War.
(d) World War II.

7. What roles are Ray and Dorothy performing in the play they have just returned home from in "Trunk"?
(a) George and Martha.
(b) Lady Macbeth and Macduff.
(c) Annette and Robert.
(d) Nick and Honey.

8. For how long does the narrator say Olivia was dead in "Trunk"?
(a) 1 minute and 10 seconds.
(b) 2 minutes and 2 seconds.
(c) 1 minute and 38 seconds.
(d) 45 seconds.

9. In what year does John Hoel begin photographing the chestnut tree every month?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1919.

10. In how much time do Ray Brinkman and Dorothy Cazaly walk 500 miles of the Appalachian Trail?
(a) 43 days.
(b) 20 days.
(c) 16 days.
(d) 28 days.

11. Who has Olivia just divorced in "Olivia Vandergriff"?
(a) Davy.
(b) Daniel.
(c) Roger.
(d) Mike.

12. The book of photographs of the tree that Nick Hoel shows Olivia spans how many years of the tree's life?
(a) 99 years.
(b) 23 years.
(c) 56 years.
(d) 76 years.

13. Where does Jorgen Hoel's middle son become a banker?
(a) Ames.
(b) Malvern.
(c) Trinidad.
(d) Hershaw.

14. How much were the participants in the Stanford Prison Experiment paid each day?
(a) $19.
(b) $5.
(c) $15.
(d) $10.

15. Whose poetry does Patricia Westerford read at her father's funeral?
(a) Whitman's.
(b) Ovid's.
(c) Rilke's.
(d) Thoreau's.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money is in Olivia's bank account when she leaves school and begins driving?

2. What character is Ray Brinkman cast in Macbeth?

3. About how long does Nick Hoel describe his "tree period" in "Trunk"?

4. Who led the Stanford Prison Experiment?

5. How many chestnuts does Jorgen Hoel discover in the pocket of his smock from the night he proposed to his wife in "Nicholas Hoel"?

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