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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 old is Jorgen Hoel when the draft goes out in 1863?
(a) 19.
(b) 39.
(c) 29.
(d) 33.

2. How old is Nick Hoel when he meets Olivia?
(a) 27.
(b) 35.
(c) 43.
(d) 39.

3. Where does Patricia Westerford attend graduate school?
(a) Stanford University.
(b) Yale University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Purdue University.

4. How does Olivia Vandergriff die?
(a) She has a stroke.
(b) She has an aneurysm.
(c) She is electrocuted.
(d) She is drowned.

5. What company attempts to merge with Neelay's in "Trunk"?
(a) Plexinon.
(b) Drian-co.
(c) Digit-Arts.
(d) Sempervirens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of trees is Patricia Westerford surrounded in Utah when she begins to cry?

2. When was the Richmond Cemetery established?

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

4. Who takes Neelay's coding notes at school?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the event that gives Olivia focus on her destination and mission?

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

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

4. How is Nicholas Hoel's childhood described?

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

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

7. What does Adam Appich go on to study as an adult? Why?

8. How does Olivia Vandergriff's become electrocuted?

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

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

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