The Overstory Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Richard Powers
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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. How many stitches does Dorothy get after her car accident?
(a) 11.
(b) 4.
(c) 9.
(d) 16.

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"?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1954.

3. About how long does Nick Hoel describe his "tree period" in "Trunk"?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 9 years.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 3 years.

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

5. When Ray Brinkman and Dorothy Cazaly get re-engaged, what show are they performing in?
(a) You Can't Take It with You.
(b) Macbeth.
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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

7. Who wrote "A leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars" (8)?
(a) William Wordsworth.
(b) John Donne.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Percy Shelley.

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

9. When Jorgen Hoel and his wife move to Iowa, how far away are their nearest neighbors?
(a) 10 miles away.
(b) 5 miles away.
(c) 2 miles away.
(d) 16 miles away.

10. On what kind of trees does Patricia Westerford's work earn her a PhD?
(a) Almond trees.
(b) Pine trees.
(c) Tulip trees.
(d) Apple trees.

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

12. The book of photographs of the tree that Nick Hoel shows Olivia spans how many years of the tree's life?
(a) 99 years.
(b) 76 years.
(c) 23 years.
(d) 56 years.

13. Who is John Hoel's son that carries on his ritual of photographing the tree?
(a) Roger.
(b) Frank.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Richard.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money have Dorothy and Ray spent on fertility treatments for the past several years, according to the narrator in "Trunk"?

2. What kind of tree was Daphne turned into just before Apollo caught her?

3. In what area of law does Ray Brinkman specialize?

4. What kind of tree does Dorothy drive into, crashing her car?

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

(see the answer keys)

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