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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 name is inked on the title page of the book The Golden Guide to Insects that Adam finds in "Crown"?
2. Mimi thinks of Douglas in "Seeds," "He'll die without knowing what she's powerless to tell him--that he has helped her. That his heart is as good as" what (491)?
3. What does the Greek word "xenia" translate to in English (498)?
4. What is the name of the tree that Maidenhair and Watchman go to sit in as protest in "Trunk"?
5. What is another name for the maidenhair tree?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Mimi do with her father's scroll in "Crown"? Why?
2. How does Mimi respond to the news of Adam's arrest?
3. What is Mastery and how is it described?
4. How do Dorothy and Ray become connected through trees in "Crown"?
5. Where does Nick go after Olivia's death? What does he do?
6. When and where do Adam and Douglas reencounter one another in "Crown"? Why is this encounter important?
7. What does Neelay discover in Mastery in "Crown"? How does this information change his outlook about the game?
8. Where is Mimas and how is this setting described?
9. How does Neelay want to change Mastery in "Crown"? How do his peers respond?
10. How has Mimi Ma's life changed in the 20 years since the arson in "Crown"?
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 the different settings in The Overstory. What do these settings have in common? How are they unique? What imagery is used in describing these settings?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the backstory of Nicholas Hoel. How did Nicholas become connected to trees? How does he become intertwined with the other main characters of the novel? What are Douglas's motivations?
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