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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Interlude: A Sketch of the Terrain.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of the corn was considered to be the endosperm tissue?
(a) The husk.
(b) The kernel.
(c) The silk.
(d) The stalk.

2. At what age did Barbara ask for a set of tools?
(a) Five.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

3. What is another word for the process of synapsis?
(a) Metaphase.
(b) Conjugation.
(c) Duplication.
(d) Transfusion.

4. When it became clear to Barbara that she could no longer stay at Missouri, what did she consider as a possible career?
(a) Botony.
(b) Meteorology.
(c) Geology.
(d) Geography.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does an anatomist see chromosomes?

2. What was the name of Edward Tatum and George Beadle's hypothesis?

3. Who said, "I've known a lot of famous scientists. But the only one I thought really was a genius was McClintock"?

4. The cytology professor that helped Barbara on Saturdays also did what for her?

5. What high school did Barbara attend?

(see the answer key)

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