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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Becoming a Scientist.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the first name of Barbara's father?
(a) Samuel.
(b) Adam.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Henry.

2. 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.

3. The subject of cytogenetics is about the relationship between the chromosomes and what?
(a) The nuclei.
(b) Transfusion.
(c) The chromatids.
(d) The genetic systems.

4. In the fall of what year did Evelyn Keller drive out to Cold Spring Harbor to speak with Barbara McClintock?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1978.

5. What profession did Barbara's father have?
(a) He was a horse trainer.
(b) He was a fisherman.
(c) He was a doctor.
(d) He was a dentist.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many chromosomes did corn or maize have?

3. When Barbara was taking a geology final when she was a Junior in college, what couldn't she remember?

4. What was the name of T.H. Morgan's single laboratory at Columbia University?

5. George Beadle was a young graduate student from where?

(see the answer key)

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