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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. What kind of trees is Patricia Westerford surrounded in Utah when she begins to cry?
(a) Almond trees.
(b) Aspen trees.
(c) Banyan trees.
(d) Ash trees.

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

3. In what California town does Olivia observe protesters on television who are trying to protect the trees?
(a) Arcata.
(b) Eureka.
(c) Solace.
(d) Paradise.

4. In what year does John Hoel begin photographing the chestnut tree every month?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1903.

5. What kind of trees are portrayed in the production of Macbeth described in "Ray Brinkman and Dorothy Cazaly"?
(a) Oak trees.
(b) Pine trees.
(c) Banyan trees.
(d) Maple trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money is in Olivia's bank account when she leaves school and begins driving?

2. What birthday is Dorothy looking forward to next Friday in "Trunk"?

3. When was the Richmond Cemetery established?

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

5. When do Ray Brinkman and Dorothy Cazaly go on an audition for Macbeth?

Short Essay Questions

1. How and where do Mimi and Douglas meet?

2. How does the relationship between Dorothy and Ray develop over time?

3. What do The Sylvan Prophesies and Sempervirens refer to?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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