The Overstory Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

Richard Powers
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Overstory Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

Richard Powers
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Trunk" - Section 2 (Pages 256 - 352).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the guide that takes Maidenhair and Watchman to the tree where they will climb and sit to protest?
(a) Oak.
(b) Maple.
(c) Moses.
(d) Loki.

2. Approximately how high in the tree are Watchman and Maidenhair when they perform their first tree-sit?
(a) 50 yards.
(b) 30 yards.
(c) 90 yards.
(d) 70 yards.

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

4. What is the answer to the following question posed to Patty by her father in "Patricia Westerford"? "If you carved your name four feet high in the bark of a beech tree, how high would it be after half a century" (113)?
(a) 4 feet.
(b) 5 feet.
(c) 6 feet.
(d) 10 feet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what war does Douglas Pavlicek serve in the army?

2. In what year does the narrator describe little Patty Westerford falling in love with her pet deer in "Patricia Westerford"?

3. For how many years does Dennis say Patricia worked on the book she has just received a check for in "Trunk"?

4. Against what kind of tree is the woman leaning in the beginning of "Roots"?

5. Who wrote "A leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars" (8)?

(see the answer key)

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