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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Vanessa live?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) New York City.
(c) London.
(d) Chicago.

2. What does May never remember her mother doing?
(a) Cleaning.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Writing a card.
(d) Having lunch with a friend.

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

4. Why does Leo like petunias?
(a) His wife loves them.
(b) His daughter loves them.
(c) He eats them.
(d) His grandmother planted them.

5. What goes viral that has to do with May?
(a) Her gardening tips.
(b) Her tree sheets.
(c) The idea of visiting friends.
(d) Her poem.

6. What does May hear Vanessa saying about her on the phone?
(a) That she wants May to leave.
(b) Something less than kind.
(c) That May is her best friend.
(d) That May is a brilliant person.

7. What does Neera send to May with her letter?
(a) A postcard from Leo.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Money.
(d) Hair.

8. Where does Janine volunteer?
(a) The vet clinic.
(b) The hospital.
(c) The lake conservatory.
(d) City hall.

9. Why does Blake say he thinks the trees are growing faster?
(a) To try to kill humans.
(b) He has no idea.
(c) To save themselves.
(d) To try to save humans.

10. Who does May sometimes compare herself to in her travels?
(a) Marsha from Lady Helingsby.
(b) Penelope from The Odyssey.
(c) Fleming from All's Faire.
(d) Elizabeth from Pride and Prejudice.

11. Who is Vanessa's husband?
(a) Michael.
(b) Richard.
(c) Fred.
(d) Henry.

12. When does May travel to New York?
(a) Labor Day weekend.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Easter.
(d) Memorial Day weekend.

13. What kind of greenhouse does the university say it wants?
(a) Pavlovian.
(b) Frendry.
(c) Green.
(d) Tunnel.

14. What exhibit intrigues May in New York City?
(a) Face Unit.
(b) Emergency Unit.
(c) Help Unit.
(d) Living Unit.

15. What killed the tree in May's parents' backyard?
(a) Reynaud's disease.
(b) Dutch elm disease.
(c) A snake.
(d) A bear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a fortnight?

2. What happens almost immediately after the thing that has to do with May goes viral?

3. What disease affecting bees does May tell Lindy about?

4. Where does Neera live?

5. Who did not change clothes to garden because she did not want to dress down to the plants?

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