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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 240 - 289).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did May's mother die?
(a) In a fall down the stairs.
(b) She was struck by lightning.
(c) From a heart attack.
(d) In a car crash.

2. What is a reason the yew tree on the university campus is well-known?
(a) It has the world's largest hawk living in it.
(b) It houses racoons.
(c) It is magical.
(d) A poet in the English department won the world's richest prize for a single poem about it.

3. What does May wonder watching Lindy do things in her house?
(a) What it is like to be married.
(b) What it is like to work so hard on a home.
(c) What it is like to have kids.
(d) What it is like to always be cheerful.

4. Who is Janine's daughter?
(a) Bella.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Jane.
(d) Janet.

5. What is the name of Leo's restaurant?
(a) Bonardo's.
(b) Hacienda.
(c) El Puerto.
(d) Henry's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suggests that May see the original Fortingall tree?

2. Who supposedly ruined his friendship with Charles Dickens by overstaying his welcome as a guest?

3. What flowers does May plant in Part V?

4. What do Rose and May use to help get to sleep in Scotland?

5. What is one thing May does not like about petunias?

(see the answer key)

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