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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. On what kind of trees does Patricia Westerford's work earn her a PhD?
(a) Pine trees.
(b) Tulip trees.
(c) Almond trees.
(d) Apple trees.

2. Who wrote the lines: "Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself?" (129)?
(a) Ron Chernow.
(b) Henry Cabot Lodge.
(c) John Muir.
(d) Henry David Thoreau.

3. What company does Neelay create, named after redwood trees?
(a) Sempervirens.
(b) Digit-Arts.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Adrian.

4. What kind of tree was Daphne turned into just before Apollo caught her?
(a) A bay laurel tree.
(b) A sugar maple tree.
(c) A weeping willow tree.
(d) A white pine tree.

5. What kind of camera is the first the John Hoel buys?
(a) A Canon.
(b) A Kodak.
(c) A Casio.
(d) A Cosina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject does Olivia Vandergriff major in, in college?

2. Where do the trees travel to from Birnam Wood in Macbeth?

3. In how much time do Ray Brinkman and Dorothy Cazaly walk 500 miles of the Appalachian Trail?

4. How much money have Dorothy and Ray spent on fertility treatments for the past several years, according to the narrator in "Trunk"?

5. In what war does Douglas Pavlicek serve in the army?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the opening scene presented in the preface of "Roots." How does this scene set up the novel?

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

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

4. How does Olivia Vandergriff's become electrocuted?

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

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

7. What is Olivia Vandergriff's life like prior to her electrocution?

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

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

10. How does Neelay Mehta come to love computers and coding?

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