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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. How tall is Neelay described as being in Mastery 8 in "Crown"?

2. Who is Adam's brother that played basketball on the aggressive, according to the narrator in "Seeds"?

3. Whose hair is Neelay's compared to in Mastery 8 in "Crown"?

4. Where is Adam's starter home described in "Crown"?

5. What "tree name" does Adam take on?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Adam's career progressed in the spanse since the arson in "Crown"?

2. Under what circumstances does Ray die?

3. Where is Nick and what is he doing in the beginning of "Seeds"?

4. How has Mimi Ma's life changed in the 20 years since the arson in "Crown"?

5. How is Douglas attacked when he attempts to climb a tree in protest in "Trunk"?

6. Why do Adam and others go to Bitterroots, Montana?

7. How does Neelay want to change Mastery in "Crown"? How do his peers respond?

8. What is The Secret Forest and upon what is it based?

9. Who helps Nick on this project in "Seeds"? What is the significance of these characters?

10. When and where do Adam and Douglas reencounter one another in "Crown"? Why is this encounter important?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss three examples of literary or mythological/religious allusion in The Overstory. Why does the author reference this work? What are the correlations between this work and The Overstory? How does this reference serve the reader?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss three examples of irony in The Overstory. How is verbal irony employed and to what effect? What dramatic irony can be seen? What is an example of situational irony?

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