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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part Two: Chapter 2, how much would the analyses that Bill and Jahren did for free have cost if ordered commercially?
(a) $30.
(b) $25.
(c) $75.
(d) $50.

2. In Part Two: Chapter 7, how long did Bill's van have to cool down in order to start it?
(a) At least 3 hours.
(b) 90 minutes.
(c) 45 minutes.
(d) About 2 hours.

3. In Part Two: Chapter 4, what type of monkeys groomed each other at the Monkey Jungle?
(a) Tamarin.
(b) Diana.
(c) Howler.
(d) Gibbon.

4. In Part Three: Chapter 5, what type of flower does Jahren mention can only reproduce with that flower?
(a) Tulip.
(b) Olive.
(c) Fig.
(d) Daisy.

5. In Part Two: Chapter 2, how many McDonald's cheeseburgers did Bill buy when they were 25 cents a piece?
(a) About 50.
(b) 60.
(c) 40 or so.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Three: Chapter 4, how many people were in Bill and Jahren's group of scientists?

2. In Part Two: Chapter 10, as Jahren and the others drove toward Rock Springs, Wyoming, how many words did Jahren realize she had spoken during the trip?

3. In Part Two: Chapter 5, during what months would a deciduous grow a canopy of leaves?

4. In Part Three: Chapter 4, how many weeks did Jahren, Bill, and the paleontologists spend exhuming fossil trees?

5. In Part One: Chapter 1, what did Jahren's mother study before she was married?

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