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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What subject does Olivia Vandergriff major in, in college?
(a) Botany.
(b) Social psychology.
(c) Actuarial science.
(d) Dendrology.

2. What prison number is Douglas given in "Douglas Pavlicek"?
(a) 635.
(b) 142.
(c) 571.
(d) 323.

3. In what year does John Hoel begin photographing the chestnut tree every month?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1903.

4. When was the Richmond Cemetery established?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1823.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1903.

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

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

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

8. Where do the trees travel to from Birnam Wood in Macbeth?
(a) Iverness.
(b) Edinburgh.
(c) Dunsinane.
(d) Glasgow.

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

10. In what war does Douglas Pavlicek serve in the army?
(a) The Vietnam War.
(b) The Korean War.
(c) World War II.
(d) The War in Afghanistan.

11. From where do Jorgen Hoel and his wife move to Iowa?
(a) Harlem, New York.
(b) Staten Island, New York.
(c) Brooklyn, New York.
(d) The Bronx, New York.

12. What kind of trees are portrayed in the production of Macbeth described in "Ray Brinkman and Dorothy Cazaly"?
(a) Maple trees.
(b) Oak trees.
(c) Banyan trees.
(d) Pine trees.

13. What play have Ray and Dorothy just returned home from when they first appear in "Trunk"?
(a) Guys and Dolls.
(b) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
(c) Chitty-Chitty Bang Bang.
(d) Macbeth.

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

15. What is the name of Patricia Westerford's father?
(a) Tim.
(b) Bill.
(c) Roger.
(d) Jack.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is John Hoel's son that carries on his ritual of photographing the tree?

2. When Ray Brinkman and Dorothy Cazaly get back together for the fifth time, she appears at his door with two tickets to where?

3. Where does Patricia Westerford move after earning her PhD?

4. Who wrote "A leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars" (8)?

5. For how long does the narrator say Olivia was dead in "Trunk"?

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