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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 does Nick rescue his neighbors from in "Crown"?

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

3. What sentence has Adam received in "Seeds"?

4. How large is the Grand Ballroom in the tree-camp where Maidenhair and Watchman sit as protesters?

5. What tree is described as having survived 9/11 at Ground Zero in "Crown"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Alena and why is she important to the plot of the novel?

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

3. Under what circumstances does Ray die?

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

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

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

7. What does "releaf" refer to and how is it important in the novel?

8. What is Mastery and how is it described?

9. How do Dorothy and Ray become connected through trees in "Crown"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Describe and discuss the plot structure of The Overstory. What is the inciting incident in the novel? Where does the climax occur? What information is related in the falling action and denouement?

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