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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 the tree that Maidenhair and Watchman go to sit in as protest in "Trunk"?

2. What is described as "the national bird, up here," where Nick works in "Seeds" (486)?

3. What is the answer to the crossword clue "Bud's comforting comeback" in "Crown" (374)?

4. What "tree name" does Mimi take on?

5. How old is Adam's son when Adam encounters Douglas in "Crown"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who turned in Adam? Why?

3. What does Nicholas return to his former homestead to retrieve in "Crown"? What does he experience when he does?

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

5. How does Patricia respond to the correspondence she receives from her editor in "Trunk"? Why?

6. When and where is Adam arrested? What is his response?

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

8. What does Neelay discover in Mastery in "Crown"? How does this information change his outlook about the game?

9. What does Patricia do at the conference in "Crown"? Why?

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 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

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 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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