The Overstory Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

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

The Overstory Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

Richard Powers
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Trunk" - Section 1 (Pages 153 - 255).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Olivia stop at the world's largest truck stop along her journey?
(a) Texas.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Oklahoma.

2. Where does the chestnut tree blight begin, according to the author in "Nicholas Hoel"?
(a) The Bronx Zoo.
(b) The Audubon Zoo.
(c) The St. Louis Zoo.
(d) The Boston Zoo.

3. How does Patricia Westerford's father die?
(a) He is shot during an armed robbery.
(b) He hangs himself.
(c) He has a stroke.
(d) He dies in an auto accident.

4. How does Olivia Vandergriff die?
(a) She is drowned.
(b) She has an aneurysm.
(c) She is electrocuted.
(d) She has a stroke.

5. How does Neelay become paralyzed?
(a) He falls from a tree.
(b) He is shot.
(c) He falls off a cliff.
(d) He is in a car accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. What wooden object is the unnamed man contemplating in his prison cell in the beginning of "Trunk"?

2. Who discovered Olivia after she had been electrocuted?

3. Which child of Jorgen Hoel's kills a chestnut tree by stripping its leaves to use as play money?

4. What subject does Olivia Vandergriff major in, in college?

5. What is cold bark brew from the chestnut trees used to treat, according to the narrator in "Nicholas Hoel"?

(see the answer key)

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