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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. For how many years does Dennis say Patricia worked on the book she has just received a check for in "Trunk"?

2. What do the police use to extract Douglas from the tree in "Trunk"?

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

4. What animals does Maidenhair tell Watchmen have been playing on them in their sleep on their first night of the tree-sit?

5. The man in the plaid jacket tells Nick that his people have been trying to tell the white men of the ways trees talk since when in "Seeds"?

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. Where is Nick and what is he doing in the beginning of "Seeds"?

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

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

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

7. Who turned in Adam? Why?

8. Under what circumstances does Ray die?

9. Where does Nick go after Olivia's death? What does he do?

10. How does Olivia die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss three examples of literary or mythological/religious allusion in The Overstory. Why does the author reference this work? What are the correlations between this work and The Overstory? How does this reference serve the reader?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the themes of nonviolent protest, ecoterrorism, and police retaliation as seen in The Overstory. What happens to the people who protest in the novel? How do they protest? What are the outcomes of these protests?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the plot structure of The Overstory. What is the inciting incident in the novel? Where does the climax occur? What information is related in the falling action and denouement?

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