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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 Mimi take her scroll to have it appraised?

2. Who does Adam say appears to be following him around when he meets Douglas in "Crown"?

3. What does Nicholas return to his former homestead to retreive in "Crown"?

4. Why is Mimi unable to climb a tree during the protest in April in "Trunk"?

5. How much does Mimi's citation for unlawful assembly cost her, according to the narrator in "Trunk"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Under what circumstances does Ray become debilitated in "Trunk"?

6. What does Mimi do with her father's scroll in "Crown"? Why?

7. Where is Mimas and how is this setting described?

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

9. Under what circumstances does Ray die?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the character of Douglas Pavlicek in The Overstory. What is Douglas's backstory? How does he become involved in environmental activism? What happens to Douglas over the course of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the themes of nonviolent protest, ecoterrorism, and police retaliation as seen in The Overstory. What happens to the people who protest in the novel? How do they protest? What are the outcomes of these protests?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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