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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Cold Spring Harbor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Barbara went to visit Stadler in Missouri, she went to look at the corn that they had. Barbara noticed that they were calling the corn what?
(a) Barbara plants.
(b) Ring chromosome plants.
(c) McClintock corn.
(d) Transfusion treat.

2. In the summer of 1931, an invitation from Lewis Stadler brought Barbara where?
(a) The University of Missouri.
(b) Webster University.
(c) Missouri State University.
(d) The University of Central Missouri.

3. A problem that had caught Barbara's fancy was a small body on the end of what chromosome?
(a) Chromosome 9.
(b) Chromosome 2.
(c) Chromosome 6.
(d) Chromosome 3.

4. The cytology professor that helped Barbara on Saturdays also did what for her?
(a) He was a fellow researcher on a paper.
(b) He helped pay for a new bike for Barbara.
(c) He was her priest.
(d) He was her thesis advisor.

5. Where are chromosomes found?
(a) In a cell's spindle.
(b) In a cell's nucleolus.
(c) On a cell's centrosome.
(d) In a cell's nucleous.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month did a letter arrive from Barbara's old friend, George Beadle, suggesting she come to Stanford for a visit?

2. What year did Barbara McClintock graduate from Cornell?

3. Who did Barbara write to to arrange an invitation to Cold Springs Harbor?

4. What was the principle object of interest to cytologists?

5. An experimental breeder can tell what a chromosomes is like from doing what?

(see the answer key)

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