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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. How many chestnuts does Jorgen Hoel discover in the pocket of his smock from the night he proposed to his wife in "Nicholas Hoel"?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

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

3. What subject does Olivia Vandergriff major in, in college?
(a) Social psychology.
(b) Actuarial science.
(c) Dendrology.
(d) Botany.

4. How many acres do Jorgen Hoel and his wife plow and plant in their first year in Iowa?
(a) 6 dozen acres.
(b) 4 dozen acres.
(c) 10 dozen acres.
(d) 2 dozen acres.

5. What wooden object is the unnamed man contemplating in his prison cell in the beginning of "Trunk"?
(a) A coffee table.
(b) A desk.
(c) An apple crate.
(d) A chair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Patty taken to a clinic for tests on her ears?

2. How much were the participants in the Stanford Prison Experiment paid each day?

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

4. What kind of camera is the first the John Hoel buys?

5. Where does Neelay go to study?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the American chestnut trees die?

2. Where do Ray Brinkman and Dorothy Cazaly go on their first date? Why?

3. What leads Adam Appich to his joining the group of activists?

4. What is the significance of the mulberry tree in Mimi Ma's backstory?

5. How do Olivia's parents respond to the change in her life after electrocution?

6. Who records the growth of the Hoel chestnut tree? How is it recorded?

7. What is the Life Defense Force? How does it factor into the novel?

8. What leads to the downfall of Patricia Westerford's career? How is it revived?

9. How does the play Macbeth relate to The Overstory?

10. How does Johnny Appleseed factor into the novel?

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