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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. What is the name of Patricia Westerford's father?

2. In what year does the narrator describe Ma Sih Hsuin getting a third-class ticket for the passage to San Francisco in "Mimi Ma"?

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

4. Where does Neelay go to study?

5. In what year does the narrator describe little Patty Westerford falling in love with her pet deer in "Patricia Westerford"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How and where do Mimi and Douglas meet?

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. What was the Stanford Prison Experiment?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the narrative style of The Overstory. From what narrative perspective is the novel related? Does this perspective remain static or does it change? What is the importance of this narrative style to the story?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the character of Mimi Ma in The Overstory. How are Mimi's childhood and education described? Into what career does she enter? How does she become involved with activism?

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