The Overstory Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

Richard Powers
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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. When Jorgen Hoel and his wife move to Iowa, how far away are their nearest neighbors?
(a) 5 miles away.
(b) 2 miles away.
(c) 10 miles away.
(d) 16 miles away.

2. Where does Jorgen Hoel's youngest son begin working after he grows up?
(a) The County Assessor's Office.
(b) The State Penitentiary.
(c) The home of his Uncle Walter.
(d) The County Jail.

3. Where does Jorgen Hoel's middle son become a banker?
(a) Malvern.
(b) Hershaw.
(c) Trinidad.
(d) Ames.

4. When Ray Brinkman and Dorothy Cazaly get re-engaged, what show are they performing in?
(a) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) You Can't Take It with You.
(d) Macbeth.

5. Where does Neelay go to study?
(a) Berkeley University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Yale University.
(d) Stanford University.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Olivia Vandergriff die?

2. Who wrote the lines: "Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself?" (129)?

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

4. How many acres do Jorgen Hoel and his wife plow and plant in their first year in Iowa?

5. What roles are Ray and Dorothy performing in the play they have just returned home from in "Trunk"?

(see the answer key)

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