The Overstory Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

Richard Powers
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Overstory Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

Richard Powers
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Trunk" - Section 2 (Pages 256 - 352).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does John Hoel begin photographing the chestnut tree every month?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1919.

2. Whom does Jorgen Hoel marry?
(a) Olivia Vandergriff.
(b) Mimi Ma.
(c) Vi Powys.
(d) Patricia Westerford.

3. What is Patricia Westerford's father's profession?
(a) He is a patent lawyer.
(b) He is a pharmacist.
(c) He is a medical assistant.
(d) He is an ag extension agent.

4. Which child of Jorgen Hoel's kills a chestnut tree by stripping its leaves to use as play money?
(a) Andrew.
(b) George.
(c) Roger.
(d) John.

5. When was the Stanford Prison Experiment conducted?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1977.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is referred to as the World Tree in "Trunk"?

2. Approximately how high in the tree are Watchman and Maidenhair when they perform their first tree-sit?

3. How much money have Dorothy and Ray spent on fertility treatments for the past several years, according to the narrator in "Trunk"?

4. Where do Mimi and Douglas go to join 1,000 marchers demanding reform of the Timber Harvest Plan approval process?

5. Who comes to speak with Maidenhair and Watchman in the treetop in "Trunk"?

(see the answer key)

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