The Overstory Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

The Overstory Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Richard Powers
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After how many days did the Stanford Prison Experiment come to a close?
(a) 16.
(b) 6.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.

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

3. How much were the participants in the Stanford Prison Experiment paid each day?
(a) $15.
(b) $19.
(c) $5.
(d) $10.

4. What kind of camera is the first the John Hoel buys?
(a) A Canon.
(b) A Kodak.
(c) A Cosina.
(d) A Casio.

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

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

7. What does the phrase "noli timere" that appears on a man's t-shirt in "Trunk" translate to from Latin?
(a) I live forever.
(b) There is no time.
(c) Do not be afraid.
(d) The end is near.

8. What kind of tree was Daphne turned into just before Apollo caught her?
(a) A sugar maple tree.
(b) A weeping willow tree.
(c) A white pine tree.
(d) A bay laurel tree.

9. How far away does Olivia's father live from her boarding house at college?
(a) 800 miles away.
(b) 300 miles away.
(c) 240 miles away.
(d) 650 miles away.

10. How much money is in Olivia's bank account when she leaves school and begins driving?
(a) Just over $4,000.
(b) Just under $3,000.
(c) Just over $500.
(d) Just under $2,000.

11. Who wrote the lines: "Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself?" (129)?
(a) Henry David Thoreau.
(b) Ron Chernow.
(c) Henry Cabot Lodge.
(d) John Muir.

12. Where do Ray Brinkman and Dorothy Cazaly audition for Macbeth?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Malvern.
(c) St. Paul.
(d) New York.

13. In how much time do Ray Brinkman and Dorothy Cazaly walk 500 miles of the Appalachian Trail?
(a) 28 days.
(b) 43 days.
(c) 16 days.
(d) 20 days.

14. Where does Olivia sleep when she first stops on her journey in "Trunk"?
(a) In a cheap motel.
(b) Outside a warehouse store.
(c) Outside a train station.
(d) In a National Parks campground.

15. For how long does the narrator say Olivia was dead in "Trunk"?
(a) 1 minute and 10 seconds.
(b) 45 seconds.
(c) 1 minute and 38 seconds.
(d) 2 minutes and 2 seconds.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Olivia when she sees the tree protesters on television?

3. Whose poetry does Patricia Westerford read at her father's funeral?

4. What is the name of Patricia Westerford's father?

5. When do Ray Brinkman and Dorothy Cazaly go on an audition for Macbeth?

(see the answer keys)

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