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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Patricia Westerford move after earning her PhD?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Wisconsin.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Nebraska.

3. What crops do Jorgen Hoel and his wife plant in their first season in Iowa?
(a) Strawberries and hops.
(b) Almonds, apples, and pears.
(c) Rice, beans, and wheat.
(d) Corn, beans, and potatoes.

4. Who takes Neelay's coding notes at school?
(a) His Algebra teacher.
(b) His Biology teacher.
(c) His Latin teacher.
(d) His English teacher.

5. In what California town does Olivia observe protesters on television who are trying to protect the trees?
(a) Eureka.
(b) Arcata.
(c) Paradise.
(d) Solace.

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

7. Where does the chestnut tree blight begin, according to the author in "Nicholas Hoel"?
(a) The Boston Zoo.
(b) The Bronx Zoo.
(c) The St. Louis Zoo.
(d) The Audubon Zoo.

8. By what month are Jorben Hoel and his wife U.S. citizens, according to the narrator in "Nicholas Hoel"?
(a) June.
(b) April.
(c) February.
(d) January.

9. 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) Do not be afraid.
(c) The end is near.
(d) There is no time.

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

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

12. 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) Ron Chernow.
(b) John Muir.
(c) Henry David Thoreau.
(d) Henry Cabot Lodge.

13. What is tea from the infant chestnut trees used to treat, according to the narrator in "Nicholas Hoel"?
(a) Heart trouble.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Headaches.
(d) Impotence.

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

15. What is the mushroom that Patricia Westerford almost commits suicide with?
(a) Amanita bisporigera.
(b) Lepiota brunneoincarnata.
(c) Galerina marginata.
(d) Podostroma cornu-damae.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what kind of trees does Patricia Westerford's work earn her a PhD?

3. In what year does the narrator describe little Patty Westerford falling in love with her pet deer in "Patricia Westerford"?

4. When does Patricia Westerford begin working with the Bureau of Land Management?

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

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