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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Adam a professor of in "Crown"?
(a) Dendrology.
(b) Economics.
(c) English literature.
(d) Psychology.

3. What does the Greek word "xenia" translate to in English (498)?
(a) World tree.
(b) Guest-friendship.
(c) The underworld.
(d) The afterlife.

4. Whose hair is Neelay's compared to in Mastery 8 in "Crown"?
(a) Elvis's.
(b) Einstein's.
(c) James Dean's.
(d) Prince's.

5. What causes Ray to collapse in "Trunk"?
(a) He has a stroke.
(b) He has an aneurysm.
(c) He has a heart attack.
(d) He is shot.

6. Where is the Conservatory of Flowers that Mimi sits in, in "Crown"?
(a) Theodore Roosevelt Park.
(b) Prospect Park.
(c) Central Park.
(d) Golden Gate Park.

7. What is the name of the tree that Maidenhair and Watchman go to sit in as protest in "Trunk"?
(a) Denali.
(b) Yender.
(c) Moses.
(d) Mimas.

8. Where is Mimi completing her master's degree in "Crown"?
(a) Berkeley University.
(b) University of San Francisco.
(c) University of Los Angeles.
(d) Stanford University.

9. 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) 1776.
(c) 1492.
(d) 1934.

10. Who has ratted out Adam in the novel?
(a) Mimi.
(b) Douglas.
(c) Nicholas.
(d) Olivia.

11. What is referred to as the World Tree in "Trunk"?
(a) Denali.
(b) Mimas.
(c) Andreas.
(d) Yggdrasil.

12. What is the audio course that Douglas is listening to in his cell in "Seeds"?
(a) Introduction to Botany.
(b) Introduction to English Literature.
(c) Introduction to Medicine.
(d) Introduction to Dendrology.

13. What does Mimi forget and return to her office to retrieve after she has been fired?
(a) A photograph.
(b) A scroll.
(c) A book.
(d) A ring.

14. How long after becoming an associate professor does Adam return to being an arsonist?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 6 weeks.
(d) 2 weeks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dennis bring to Patricia for lunch when he arrives in "Trunk"?

2. What name is inked on the title page of the book The Golden Guide to Insects that Adam finds in "Crown"?

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

4. What kind of tree is the first in Dorothy and Ray's backyard that she looks up in "Crown"?

5. What lie does Neelay tell his mother in "Trunk"?

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