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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapters 12-Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In The Prologue, how long does the average one-celled ocean plant live?
(a) About 20 days.
(b) 11 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) Around 8 days.

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

3. In Part Two: Chapter 7, what color was Bill's hair?
(a) Black.
(b) Salt and pepper.
(c) Brown.
(d) Red.

4. In Part Three: Chapter 4, where were Bill and Jahren spending the summer?
(a) Oregon.
(b) Canada.
(c) Washington.
(d) Alaska.

5. In Part Two: Chapter 10, how many times had Jahren already traveled the same places and run into poison ivy?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Two: Chapter 9, what year did Jahren want to go back to at the end of the chapter?

2. In Part Three: Chapter 12, how many radish plants had been growing for 21 days?

3. In Part Two: Chapter 5, how often must an academic scientist solicit a new contract with the federal government?

4. In Part One: Chapter 6, how long did it take for lemons to ripen in a room flooded with ethylene gas?

5. In Part Two: Chapter 12, what did Jahren nickname one of her master's students who kept getting D-minuses?

(see the answer key)

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