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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who takes Neelay's coding notes at school?
(a) His Latin teacher.
(b) His Algebra teacher.
(c) His English teacher.
(d) His Biology teacher.

3. What is tea from the infant chestnut trees used to treat, according to the narrator in "Nicholas Hoel"?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Impotence.
(c) Heart trouble.
(d) Headaches.

4. Who wrote "A leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars" (8)?
(a) William Wordsworth.
(b) Percy Shelley.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) John Donne.

5. What is the mushroom that Patricia Westerford almost commits suicide with?
(a) Lepiota brunneoincarnata.
(b) Amanita bisporigera.
(c) Podostroma cornu-damae.
(d) Galerina marginata.

6. How many acres do Jorgen Hoel and his wife plow and plant in their first year in Iowa?
(a) 10 dozen acres.
(b) 6 dozen acres.
(c) 4 dozen acres.
(d) 2 dozen acres.

7. Where do the trees travel to from Birnam Wood in Macbeth?
(a) Edinburgh.
(b) Iverness.
(c) Dunsinane.
(d) Glasgow.

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

9. Where does Patricia Westerford go to college?
(a) DePaul University.
(b) Eastern Kentucky University.
(c) University of California Los Angeles.
(d) Berkeley University.

10. What is the name of Patricia Westerford's father?
(a) Roger.
(b) Bill.
(c) Tim.
(d) Jack.

11. How many stitches does Dorothy get after her car accident?
(a) 9.
(b) 4.
(c) 11.
(d) 16.

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

13. Against what kind of tree is the woman leaning in the beginning of "Roots"?
(a) A pine tree.
(b) A locust tree.
(c) A cedar tree.
(d) A palm tree.

14. How many chestnuts does Jorgen Hoel discover in the pocket of his smock from the night he proposed to his wife in "Nicholas Hoel"?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

15. Where does Nicholas Hoel go to art school?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Boston.
(c) Hartford.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jorgen Hoel and his wife move to Iowa, how far away are their nearest neighbors?

2. Where does the chestnut tree blight begin, according to the author in "Nicholas Hoel"?

3. What role is Dorothy Cazaly cast in Macbeth?

4. Where does Jorgen Hoel's middle son become a banker?

5. Where was Patty taken to a clinic for tests on her ears?

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