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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. Against what kind of tree is the woman leaning in the beginning of "Roots"?
(a) A cedar tree.
(b) A locust tree.
(c) A pine tree.
(d) A palm tree.

2. Who led the Stanford Prison Experiment?
(a) Andrew Stabler.
(b) Philip Zimbardo.
(c) Gerald Kimble.
(d) Roger Rilway.

3. Who wrote the lines: "I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out tilll sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in" (129)?
(a) Henry David Thoreau.
(b) Henry Cabot Lodge.
(c) Ron Chernow.
(d) John Muir.

4. What object caused Olivia's electrocution?
(a) A television.
(b) A hairdryer.
(c) A lamp.
(d) A microwave.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Patricia Westerford's father's profession?

2. In what year does the narrator describe Ma Sih Hsuin getting a third-class ticket for the passage to San Francisco in "Mimi Ma"?

3. How does Neelay become paralyzed?

4. How does Patricia Westerford's father die?

5. Where does Patricia Westerford go to college?

(see the answer key)

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