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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, 1936-1941: University of Missouri.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many kinds of nuclear division do cells undergo?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) None.
(d) Three.

3. The differences that were studied in fruit flies had to do with their eye color and what else?
(a) Wing color.
(b) Eye shape.
(c) Wing shape.
(d) Leg thickness.

4. What was the first name of Barbara's mother?
(a) Sara.
(b) Marie.
(c) Rose.
(d) Sue.

5. What did Barbara's sister, Marjorie, become?
(a) A banker.
(b) A school teacher.
(c) A professional harpist.
(d) A rodeo queen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Many mutations that were happening in the maize had never been seen before, and some of these involved gross changes in what?

2. When Barbara's father made an unofficial visit Frank Hanson concerning his daughter, he was currently working for what company as an industrial surgeon?

3. What year was it that Barbara requested a leave of absence without pay and left Missouri?

4. Who said, "She is sore at the world because of her conviction that she would have a much freer scientific opportunity if she were a man"?

5. What were the names of the flies that were used in studying genetics?

(see the answer key)

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