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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. Where does Olivia sleep when she first stops on her journey in "Trunk"?

2. Where is Olivia when she sees the tree protesters on television?

3. What new year comes shortly after Olivia's electrocution in "Trunk"?

4. About how long does Nick Hoel describe his "tree period" in "Trunk"?

5. What kind of tree does Dorothy drive into, crashing her car?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Olivia Vandergriff's become electrocuted?

3. Why does Ray's profession affect his relationship with Dorothy?

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

5. How is Nicholas Hoel's childhood described?

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

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

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

9. How did Patricia Westerford develop a love for trees?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the character of Olivia Vandergriff. What happens in Olivia's life to make her make her journey? Where does Olivia go? Why? How does her story interconnect to the other characters'?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the process of clearcutting forests and the impacts of this process. Why are forests clearcutted instead of logged individually? How does this action affect the land? How does it relate to climate change?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of connection in The Overstory. How does the author explore this theme both literally and metaphorically? What symbols are the reflection of connection? How?

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