Birnam Wood: A Novel Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

How did Owen Darvish die? (from Pages 235 - 274)

Mark and Cathy poisoned him.

Tony stabbed him with a camping knife.

Lemoine used a drone to kill him.

Shelley hit him unintentionally while on an acid trip.

2.

What was Tony’s main motivation in uncovering Lemoine’s mining operation? (from Pages 331 - 373)

He wanted to be famous and taken seriously as a writer.

He wanted to get revenge on Lemoine.

He wanted to win Mira back.

He wanted to take it over himself.

3.

How did Eleanor Catton direct the reader to Macbeth? (from Pages 277 - 330)

Mira discussed a prophecy she had in which she saved the environment through Birnam Wood.

Lemoine’s original last name before he changed it was “Macbeth.”

The title and the epigraph referenced Macbeth, and Jill’s internet search yielded Macbeth as an explanation for Birnam Wood.

The characters referenced Shakespeare throughout the novel.

4.

What traumatic event shaped Lemoine’s current personality? (from Pages 177 - 234)

Lemoine was abandoned as a child on the streets and grew up learning how to fend for himself.

His parents died in a fiery plane crash while he watched from a distance.

His parents smuggled drugs across international borders and often used Lemoine to do so.

Lemoine thought that the security guard that he did not know his parents hired was trying to kill him.

5.

Which characteristic did Mira recognize as a trait of psychopaths? (from Pages 177 - 234)

Lemoine’s disregard for safety.

Lemoine’s anger.

Lemoine’s charm.

Lemoine’s tendency to lie frequently.

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