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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Jorgen Hoel marry?
(a) Vi Powys.
(b) Mimi Ma.
(c) Patricia Westerford.
(d) Olivia Vandergriff.

2. 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.

3. What kind of trees are portrayed in the production of Macbeth described in "Ray Brinkman and Dorothy Cazaly"?
(a) Pine trees.
(b) Maple trees.
(c) Banyan trees.
(d) Oak trees.

4. What birthday is Dorothy looking forward to next Friday in "Trunk"?
(a) Her forty-second birthday.
(b) Her forty-fifth birthday.
(c) Her thirty-ninth birthday.
(d) Her thirty-third birthday.

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"?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who proposes to Patricia Westerford?

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

3. Where does John Hoel send his film to be developed after buying his first camera?

4. When do Ray Brinkman and Dorothy Cazaly go on an audition for Macbeth?

5. Where do Ray Brinkman and Dorothy Cazaly audition for Macbeth?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Olivia's parents respond to the change in her life after electrocution?

2. How does Mimi feel after her arrest with Douglas at the march in "Trunks"?

3. What does Douglas do after his service in Vietnam?

4. How do the Hoel chestnut trees get planted? What happens to them?

5. Where do Ray Brinkman and Dorothy Cazaly go on their first date? Why?

6. How and where do Mimi and Douglas meet?

7. What leads Adam Appich to his joining the group of activists?

8. How does Olivia Vandergriff's become electrocuted?

9. How does Johnny Appleseed factor into the novel?

10. What is the Life Defense Force? How does it factor into the novel?

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