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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the answer to the crossword clue "Bud's comforting comeback" in "Crown" (374)?
(a) Bud.
(b) Blossom.
(c) Flower.
(d) Releaf.

2. Who do Maidenhair and Watchman replace in the tree as sitters in "Trunk"?
(a) Loki and Moses.
(b) Mother N and Willow.
(c) Mother N and Moses.
(d) Buzzard and Sparks.

3. How large is the Grand Ballroom in the tree-camp where Maidenhair and Watchman sit as protesters?
(a) 6'x8'.
(b) 3'x4'.
(c) 7'x9'.
(d) 4'x8'.

4. What does Nicholas return to his former homestead to retreive in "Crown"?
(a) His scroll and rings.
(b) His jewels.
(c) His money.
(d) His artwork.

5. Against what kind of tree is Mimi sitting while she reads the news of Adam on her phone in "Seeds"?
(a) An almond tree.
(b) A knobcone pine tree.
(c) A sequoia tree.
(d) A Douglas fir tree.

6. What sentence has Adam received in "Seeds"?
(a) 80 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 140 years.
(d) 50 years.

7. Who strips and cleans the van after the death of Olivia in "Crown"?
(a) Patricia and Neelay.
(b) Ray and Dorothy.
(c) Nick and Adam.
(d) Mimi and Douglas.

8. Who is Patricia's editor?
(a) Roger.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Maria.
(d) Jackie.

9. How rich is Neelay said to be among the population of Santa Clara County in "Seeds"?
(a) He is the sixty-third richest.
(b) He is the third richest.
(c) He is the thirty-third richest.
(d) He is the nineteenth richest.

10. How far away does Adam's long-distance girlfriend live in "Crown"?
(a) 536 miles away.
(b) 142 miles away.
(c) 473 miles away.
(d) 243 miles away.

11. What kind of tree is the first in Dorothy and Ray's backyard that she looks up in "Crown"?
(a) A Douglas fir tree.
(b) A sequoia tree.
(c) An eastern white pine tree.
(d) A sugar maple tree.

12. 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) 1934.
(c) 1776.
(d) 1492.

13. Who appraises Mimi's scroll in "Crown"?
(a) Mr. Kimble.
(b) Mr. Emerson.
(c) Mr. Jade.
(d) Mr. Siang.

14. In "Seeds," the narrator states that "As Neelay has learned with the greatest pain: Life has a way of talking to the future. It's called" what (482)?
(a) Film.
(b) Memory.
(c) Nature.
(d) Trees.

15. What does Alena read all night while staying in Douglas's home in "Crown"?
(a) The Hidden Forest.
(b) Douglas's journal.
(c) The Secret of Trees.
(d) Walden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of dog accompanies the man in the red plaid coat that comes to help Nick in "Seeds"?

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

3. Who has ratted out Adam in the novel?

4. Where do Mimi and Douglas go to join 1,000 marchers demanding reform of the Timber Harvest Plan approval process?

5. From what novel does Dorothy read to Ray in "Crown"?

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