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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. What is Vanessa getting ready to do when May visits?
(a) Get divorced.
(b) Go abroad for a while.
(c) Sell the apartment.
(d) Get a new job.

2. Which writer did May admire in Part I?
(a) Dwight Green.
(b) Amber Dwight.
(c) Angela Roberts.
(d) Richard Henries.

3. What trees does may see in New York City that are being poisoned?
(a) Elms.
(b) Figs.
(c) Honey locusts.
(d) Oaks.

4. What happens to May's father at the end of the summer?
(a) He is diagnosed with cancer.
(b) He has a heart attack.
(c) He has a fall.
(d) He is hit by a car.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Neera's husband?

2. When does May think her mother stopped moving forward?

3. Where does Neera live?

4. What does Neera send to May with her letter?

5. What is the name of Leo's restaurant?

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