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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapters 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 7, to what does Jahren compare the cotyledons starting up photosynthesis?
(a) Starting a campfire.
(b) A cook mixing batter.
(c) An old car starting on a winter morning.
(d) Jump starting a truck.

2. In the Prologue, how many times more life is on land than was in the ocean?
(a) 600.
(b) 30.
(c) 150.
(d) 300.

3. In Part One: Chapter 1, when did the train pull away from the factory every evening?
(a) 8:09.
(b) 6:13.
(c) 8:23.
(d) 7:15.

4. In Part One: Chapter 6, when did Jahren become the graduate student assistant instructor in the Central Valley of California?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1990.

5. In Part One: Chapter 1, how many years did Jahren's father teach introductory physics and earth science?
(a) 29.
(b) 34.
(c) 42.
(d) 38.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 1, how far was Jahren's hometown from the Iowa border?

2. In Part One: Chapter 1, where did Jahren get a scholarship to attend college?

3. In Part One: Chapter 4, what days of the week would psychiatric patients have ECT therapy?

4. In Part One: Chapter 1, where did Jahren's great-grandparents come from?

5. In Part One: Chapter 1, how long did Jahren's parents save to buy the house they lived in?

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