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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. What is the name of Leo's restaurant?

2. What is May's neighborhood called?

3. Who does May ask to dinner with her early in Part I?

4. What does Lindy tell May she had wanted to do while Lindy was in town?

5. What do many scientists believe trees can do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does May get most of her information about Lindy's life before she visits her?

2. What good memory does May mull over of time with her mother in Part II?

3. What tree does Earl propose to May on a tree sheet following his fall?

4. What dream does Sue confide to May about?

5. What is Lindy's and May's history?

6. What is May's job and how does she feel about it?

7. What idea for visiting does May run by Sue?

8. What does Amber Dwight's story inspire May to do?

9. What does May name her suitcase?

10. What does Lindy remember her mother saying about why she could not have friends over the house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring some of the specific ways Kane uses trees as symbols and metaphors for human emotion and interactions, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What are the "tree sheets" May gets from her father Earl, and what do they symbolize? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Kane develop the relationship between May and her father Early throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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