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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. What does Mimi forget and return to her office to retrieve after she has been fired?
(a) A ring.
(b) A book.
(c) A photograph.
(d) A scroll.

2. What sentence has Adam received in "Seeds"?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 80 years.
(c) 140 years.
(d) 50 years.

3. Where did a kid kill his mother because she was nagging him to quit playing Mastery 8, according to the narrator in "Crown"?
(a) Argentina.
(b) China.
(c) Korea.
(d) Japan.

4. What kind of tree is the first in Dorothy and Ray's backyard that she looks up in "Crown"?
(a) A sequoia tree.
(b) An eastern white pine tree.
(c) A Douglas fir tree.
(d) A sugar maple tree.

5. What does Nicholas return to his former homestead to retreive in "Crown"?
(a) His money.
(b) His scroll and rings.
(c) His artwork.
(d) His jewels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What "tree name" does Mimi take on?

2. How rich is Neelay said to be among the population of Santa Clara County in "Seeds"?

3. Who is Patricia's editor?

4. Who strips and cleans the van after the death of Olivia in "Crown"?

5. What is another name for the maidenhair tree?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Patricia respond to the correspondence she receives from her editor in "Trunk"? Why?

2. What does Neelay discover in Mastery in "Crown"? How does this information change his outlook about the game?

3. How has Adam's career progressed in the spanse since the arson in "Crown"?

4. Who is Alena and why is she important to the plot of the novel?

5. Why do Adam and others go to Bitterroots, Montana?

6. What does Patricia do at the conference in "Crown"? Why?

7. What is The Secret Forest and upon what is it based?

8. What does "releaf" refer to and how is it important in the novel?

9. When and where do Adam and Douglas reencounter one another in "Crown"? Why is this encounter important?

10. How has Mimi Ma's life changed in the 20 years since the arson in "Crown"?

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