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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What subject does Olivia Vandergriff major in, in college?
(a) Botany.
(b) Actuarial science.
(c) Dendrology.
(d) Social psychology.

3. In what California town does Olivia observe protesters on television who are trying to protect the trees?
(a) Eureka.
(b) Paradise.
(c) Arcata.
(d) Solace.

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

5. Where do Ray Brinkman and Dorothy Cazaly audition for Macbeth?
(a) New York.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Malvern.
(d) St. Paul.

6. How does Neelay become paralyzed?
(a) He falls off a cliff.
(b) He is in a car accident.
(c) He is shot.
(d) He falls from a tree.

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

8. What prison number is Douglas given in "Douglas Pavlicek"?
(a) 142.
(b) 635.
(c) 571.
(d) 323.

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

10. Where does Olivia stop at the world's largest truck stop along her journey?
(a) Texas.
(b) Oklahoma.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Missouri.

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

12. What kind of tree was Daphne turned into just before Apollo caught her?
(a) A sugar maple tree.
(b) A bay laurel tree.
(c) A white pine tree.
(d) A weeping willow tree.

13. How old is Jorgen Hoel when the draft goes out in 1863?
(a) 39.
(b) 33.
(c) 19.
(d) 29.

14. 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) 10 feet.
(b) 4 feet.
(c) 5 feet.
(d) 6 feet.

15. How much money is in Olivia's bank account when she leaves school and begins driving?
(a) Just under $2,000.
(b) Just under $3,000.
(c) Just over $4,000.
(d) Just over $500.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Patricia Westerford's father's profession?

2. When does Patricia Westerford begin working with the Bureau of Land Management?

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

4. How far away does Olivia's father live from her boarding house at college?

5. How much money have Dorothy and Ray spent on fertility treatments for the past several years, according to the narrator in "Trunk"?

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