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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who proposes to Patricia Westerford?
(a) Ron Chernow.
(b) John Muir.
(c) David Watkins.
(d) Dennis Ward.

2. Where does Patricia Westerford go to college?
(a) Berkeley University.
(b) University of California Los Angeles.
(c) DePaul University.
(d) Eastern Kentucky University.

3. Where do Ray Brinkman and Dorothy Cazaly audition for Macbeth?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Malvern.
(c) New York.
(d) St. Paul.

4. What birthday is Dorothy looking forward to next Friday in "Trunk"?
(a) Her forty-fifth birthday.
(b) Her forty-second birthday.
(c) Her thirty-third birthday.
(d) Her thirty-ninth birthday.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ray Brinkman and Dorothy Cazaly get re-engaged, what show are they performing in?

2. In what year does John Hoel begin photographing the chestnut tree every month?

3. How many chestnuts does Jorgen Hoel discover in the pocket of his smock from the night he proposed to his wife in "Nicholas Hoel"?

4. From where do Jorgen Hoel and his wife move to Iowa?

5. What company does Neelay create, named after redwood trees?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Nicholas Hoel's childhood described?

2. How do the Hoel chestnut trees get planted? What happens to them?

3. How does Mimi feel after her arrest with Douglas at the march in "Trunks"?

4. Who is Dennis Ward and what is his relationship to Patricia Westerford?

5. What tragedy does Nicholas Hoel experience in his youth?

6. How is Patricia Westerford's education described? What career does she enter?

7. How and where do Mimi and Douglas meet?

8. How does Olivia's electrocution change her outlook on life?

9. How does Johnny Appleseed factor into the novel?

10. Where does Olivia meet Nick? What are their circumstances at the time?

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