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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Seeds".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On what date does Olivia Vandergriff's story begin?
(a) June 2, 1988.
(b) May 23, 1993.
(c) September 7, 1995.
(d) December 12, 1989.

3. The man in the plaid jacket tells Nick that his people have been trying to tell the white men of the ways trees talk since when in "Seeds"?
(a) 1557.
(b) 1492.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1776.

4. What new year comes shortly after Olivia's electrocution in "Trunk"?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1980.

5. How much money have Dorothy and Ray spent on fertility treatments for the past several years, according to the narrator in "Trunk"?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $100,000.
(c) $150,000.
(d) $200,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is at the top of the pile of books that Dorothy planned to read to Ray when he dies in "Seeds"?

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

3. How does Neelay become paralyzed?

4. What crops do Jorgen Hoel and his wife plant in their first season in Iowa?

5. Where does Nick land a job as a glorified stock boy, according to the narrator in "Crown"?

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