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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue: Island to Part One: How to Bury a Tree.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the dimensions of a well in the Prologue?
(a) 67 feet deep and 4 feet wide.
(b) 50 feet deep and 4 feet wide.
(c) 34 feet deep and 4 feet wide.
(d) 45 feet deep and 4 feet wide.

2. What bird does the fig tree note when it is being buried by Kostas?
(a) Goldfinch.
(b) Goldfinch.
(c) Collared Dove.
(d) North African warbler.

3. How old is Ada in the late 2010s?
(a) 15.
(b) 17.
(c) 16.
(d) 14.

4. Who does Mrs. Walcott want students to interview during the Christmas break?
(a) Their parents.
(b) An elderly relative.
(c) A neighbor.
(d) A medical professional.

5. After being transported to England, how long did it take the fig to yield fruit again?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 9 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 7 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the approaching cyclone in "Fig Tree"?

2. How many years before Meryem's mother died, did her father die?

3. What does Ada's name mean in her mother's language?

4. How long does Ada scream in her history class before her voice gives out?

5. How old was the fig tree when Kostas took a cutting that he brought to England?

(see the answer key)

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