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The People in the Trees Quiz

Hanya Yanagihara

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The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara

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+Chapters Summary and Analysis

Prologue and Preface

The Memoirs of A. Norton Perina – Part 1, The Creek

The Memoirs of A. Norton Perina – Part 2, Mice

The Memoirs of A. Norton Perina – Part 3, The Dreamers – Section 1

The Memoirs of A. Norton Perina – Part 3, The Dreamers – Section 2

The Memoirs of A. Norton Perina – Part 4, The Ninth Hut – Section 1

The Memoirs of A. Norton Perina – Part 4, The Ninth Hut – Section 2

The Memoirs of A. Norton Perina – Part 5, The First Child, Section 1

The Memoirs of A. Norton Perina – Part 5, The First Child, Section 2

The Memoirs of A. Norton Perina – Part 6, Victor

The Memoirs of A. Norton Perina – Part 7, After / Epilogue / Postscript

Symbols and Symbolism

Themes and Motifs

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Hanya Yanagihara

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Questions 1-5 of 26:

1.

What was significant about the object destroyed by Victor? (from The Memoirs of A. Norton Perina – Part 7, After / Epilogue / Postscript )

It was a gift from Victor, and representative of Perina's once-loving relationship with him: Victor's destruction of it symbolizes the relationship having been destroyed.

It was representative of Perina's difficult relationship with his brother: Perina was actually glad it was destroyed.

It was representative of what was once a loving relationship between Perina and his brother.

It was representative of what was once a loving relationship between Perina and Paul Tallent.

2.

What is Kubodera's priority in presenting Perina's work? (from Prologue and Preface)

To counterpoint the negative reaction to Perina's criminal history with references to his scientific achievements.

To counterpoint the negative reaction to Perina's criminal history with a narrative celebrating their friendship.

To give Perina an opportunity to confess and explain his crimes in his own words.

To acknowledge Perina's guilt, but convince readers that his scientific achievements are more important.

3.

Who actually finds the dreamers? (from The Memoirs of A. Norton Perina – Part 3, The Dreamers – Section 2)

Tallent, by accident.

Fa'a, by careful searching.

Perina, by careful searching.

Perina, by accident.

4.

Who is Esme Duff? (from The Memoirs of A. Norton Perina – Part 3, The Dreamers – Section 1 )

Another scientist on the Tallent expedition whom Perina dislikes intensely.

Another anthropologist whose writings about the Ivu'ivu have angered Tallent.

Another scientist on the Tallent expedition with whom Perina falls in love.

A scientist whose investigations of the Ivu'ivu have brought destruction to their community.

5.

Why is the age of safety for touching a turtle significant? (from The Memoirs of A. Norton Perina – Part 4, The Ninth Hut – Section 1)

That age (60) is Perina's approximate age when he first encountered the opa'ivu'eke in the jungle.

That age (60) is the approximate age at which the opa'ivu'eke dies.

That age (60) is the approximate age at which Eve and the other dreamers seem to have stopped physically aging.

That age (60) is the approximate age at which Eve and the other dreamers have started to deteriorate physically.

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