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

2. Where do the four protestors return after the death of Olivia in "Crown"?

3. What kind of tree is the first in Dorothy and Ray's backyard that she looks up in "Crown"?

4. What does Patricia tell Dennis she wants to start in "Trunk"?

5. Who wrote Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who turned in Adam? Why?

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

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

4. How does Mimi respond to the news of Adam's arrest?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the process of clearcutting forests and the impacts of this process. Why are forests clearcutted instead of logged individually? How does this action affect the land? How does it relate to climate change?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the character of Adam Appich in The Overstory. What is Adam's connection with trees? How does he become involved in the movement against logging? What happens to Adam at the end of the novel? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss three examples of symbolism in The Overstory. What characters can be seen symbolically and what do they represent? What objects or settings are symbolic? How?

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