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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what California town does Olivia observe protesters on television who are trying to protect the trees?

2. After how many days did the Stanford Prison Experiment come to a close?

3. What is tea from the infant chestnut trees used to treat, according to the narrator in "Nicholas Hoel"?

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

5. By what month are Jorben Hoel and his wife U.S. citizens, according to the narrator in "Nicholas Hoel"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What connection does Adam Appich have to trees in his childhood?

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

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

4. How is Nicholas Hoel's childhood described?

5. How does Johnny Appleseed factor into the novel?

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

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

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

9. What does Douglas do after his service in Vietnam?

10. Who is Dennis Ward and what is his relationship to Patricia Westerford?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the characters of Ray Brinkman and Dorothy Cazaly in The Overstory. How do these characters meet? What is their relationship like? How does their relationship evolve over time?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the backstory of Nicholas Hoel. How did Nicholas become connected to trees? How does he become intertwined with the other main characters of the novel? What are Douglas's motivations?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the backstory and character of Patricia Westerford in The Overstory. What compels Patricia to become a dendrologist? How successful is her career? What does she do at the end of the novel and why?

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