The Overstory Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Richard Powers
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Overstory Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is John Hoel's son that carries on his ritual of photographing the tree?
(a) Richard.
(b) Roger.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Frank.

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

4. Where does Patricia Westerford move after earning her PhD?
(a) Iowa.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) Nebraska.

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

6. 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) 7.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

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

8. Whose poetry does Patricia Westerford read at her father's funeral?
(a) Thoreau's.
(b) Whitman's.
(c) Rilke's.
(d) Ovid's.

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

10. When does Patricia Westerford begin working with the Bureau of Land Management?
(a) The 1990s.
(b) The 1970s.
(c) The 1960s.
(d) The 1980s.

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

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

13. Where does Jorgen Hoel's middle son become a banker?
(a) Trinidad.
(b) Malvern.
(c) Ames.
(d) Hershaw.

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

15. Who proposes to Patricia Westerford?
(a) David Watkins.
(b) Dennis Ward.
(c) Ron Chernow.
(d) John Muir.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who led the Stanford Prison Experiment?

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

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

4. In what year does John Hoel begin photographing the chestnut tree every month?

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

(see the answer keys)

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