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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What company does Neelay create, named after redwood trees?
(a) Penelope.
(b) Digit-Arts.
(c) Sempervirens.
(d) Adrian.

2. What is Patricia Westerford's father's profession?
(a) He is a medical assistant.
(b) He is a pharmacist.
(c) He is an ag extension agent.
(d) He is a patent lawyer.

3. Where does Neelay go to study?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) Yale University.
(c) Berkeley University.
(d) Stanford University.

4. How old is Nick Hoel when he meets Olivia?
(a) 43.
(b) 35.
(c) 39.
(d) 27.

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

6. Where does Olivia sleep when she first stops on her journey in "Trunk"?
(a) In a cheap motel.
(b) Outside a train station.
(c) In a National Parks campground.
(d) Outside a warehouse store.

7. When Jorgen Hoel and his wife move to Iowa, how far away are their nearest neighbors?
(a) 10 miles away.
(b) 5 miles away.
(c) 16 miles away.
(d) 2 miles away.

8. After how many days did the Stanford Prison Experiment come to a close?
(a) 9.
(b) 6.
(c) 12.
(d) 16.

9. What is cold bark brew from the chestnut trees used to treat, according to the narrator in "Nicholas Hoel"?
(a) Heart problems.
(b) Toothaches.
(c) Stomach issues.
(d) Bleeding after birth.

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

11. What does the college lecturer say is the backbone of civilization just before Olivia leaves the auditorium in "Trunk"?
(a) Insurance.
(b) Love.
(c) Money.
(d) Nature.

12. What kind of tree does Dorothy drive into, crashing her car?
(a) A pine tree.
(b) A banyan tree.
(c) A linden tree.
(d) An oak tree.

13. On what date does Olivia Vandergriff's story begin?
(a) December 12, 1989.
(b) September 7, 1995.
(c) June 2, 1988.
(d) May 23, 1993.

14. In what year does the narrator describe little Patty Westerford falling in love with her pet deer in "Patricia Westerford"?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1950.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What new year comes shortly after Olivia's electrocution in "Trunk"?

2. Where is Olivia when she sees the tree protesters on television?

3. How does Olivia Vandergriff die?

4. What kind of tree was Daphne turned into just before Apollo caught her?

5. Who wrote the lines: "Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself?" (129)?

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