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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which child of Jorgen Hoel's kills a chestnut tree by stripping its leaves to use as play money?

2. When Ray Brinkman and Dorothy Cazaly get re-engaged, what show are they performing in?

3. How old is Nick Hoel when he meets Olivia?

4. Where does Jorgen Hoel's middle son become a banker?

5. How much money is in Olivia's bank account when she leaves school and begins driving?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Patricia Westerford's education described? What career does she enter?

2. What leads to the downfall of Patricia Westerford's career? How is it revived?

3. How and where do Mimi and Douglas meet?

4. What does Adam Appich go on to study as an adult? Why?

5. What is the significance of the scroll and rings in Mimi Ma's backstory?

6. What connection does Adam Appich have to trees in his childhood?

7. What is the significance of the mulberry tree in Mimi Ma's backstory?

8. How did the American chestnut trees die?

9. Why does Ray's profession affect his relationship with Dorothy?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the different settings in The Overstory. What do these settings have in common? How are they unique? What imagery is used in describing these settings?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the character of Adam Appich in The Overstory. What is Adam's connection with trees? How does he become involved in the movement against logging? What happens to Adam at the end of the novel? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss three examples of irony in The Overstory. How is verbal irony employed and to what effect? What dramatic irony can be seen? What is an example of situational irony?

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