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

2. Where does the chestnut tree blight begin, according to the author in "Nicholas Hoel"?
(a) The Bronx Zoo.
(b) The Audubon Zoo.
(c) The Boston Zoo.
(d) The St. Louis Zoo.

3. About how long does Nick Hoel describe his "tree period" in "Trunk"?
(a) 9 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 6 years.

4. In what war does Douglas Pavlicek serve in the army?
(a) The Korean War.
(b) The Vietnam War.
(c) The War in Afghanistan.
(d) World War II.

5. In what year does the narrator describe Ma Sih Hsuin getting a third-class ticket for the passage to San Francisco in "Mimi Ma"?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1954.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Patricia Westerford's father die?

2. Where does Nicholas Hoel go to a museum exhibit when home for the holidays in "Nicholas Hoel"?

3. What is Patricia Westerford's father's profession?

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

5. Who wrote the lines: "I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out tilll sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in" (129)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was the Stanford Prison Experiment?

4. What does Douglas experience during his service in the Vietnam War?

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

6. What is the significance of the scroll and rings in Mimi Ma's backstory?

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

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

9. How and where do Mimi and Douglas meet?

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

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