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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 "tree name" does Mimi take on?
(a) Maidenhair.
(b) Mulberry.
(c) Maple.
(d) Oak.

2. In what field is Mimi earning her master's degree in "Crown"?
(a) Rehabilitation and mental health counseling.
(b) Wold history and theology.
(c) Biology and dendrology.
(d) Actuarial science and economics.

3. What does the Greek word "xenia" translate to in English (498)?
(a) Guest-friendship.
(b) World tree.
(c) The afterlife.
(d) The underworld.

4. What is marked on the trees that help to save Nick and his neighbors in "Crown"?
(a) Blue X's.
(b) Red X's.
(c) Yellow X's.
(d) Green X's.

5. What happens to Olivia's body in "Crown"?
(a) It is buried.
(b) It is burned.
(c) It is dismembered.
(d) It is sent to sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Neelay's mother spend most of the year in "Crown"?

2. What is referred to as the World Tree in "Trunk"?

3. Against what kind of tree is Mimi sitting while she reads the news of Adam on her phone in "Seeds"?

4. Who is Patricia's editor?

5. Mimi thinks of Douglas in "Seeds," "He'll die without knowing what she's powerless to tell him--that he has helped her. That his heart is as good as" what (491)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Neelay want to change Mastery in "Crown"? How do his peers respond?

4. What is Mastery and how is it described?

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

6. What does Mimi do with her father's scroll in "Crown"? Why?

7. Under what circumstances does Ray die?

8. When and where is Adam arrested? What is his response?

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

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

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