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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, A Career for Women.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Barbara when her name was changed to Barbara?
(a) Three months old.
(b) Four months old.
(c) Three years old.
(d) Four years old.

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

3. What kind of work did Barbara's mother do contribute and make money?
(a) She gave piano lessons.
(b) She taught cooking classes.
(c) She gave violin lessons.
(d) She taught dance.

4. 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) McClintock corn.
(b) Transfusion treat.
(c) Barbara plants.
(d) Ring chromosome plants.

5. Where did Harriet Creighton take a teaching job in 1934?
(a) Yale.
(b) Cornell.
(c) University of Missouri.
(d) Connecticut College for Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first name of Barbara's father?

2. What date was Barbara McClintock born?

3. In Chapter 1, it is mentioned that immune systems were studied in what animal?

4. At what age did Barbara ask for a set of tools?

5. In what year was the term "genetics" coined?

(see the answer key)

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