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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Transposition.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What characteristically induces many chromosome breaks?
(a) Sonic booms.
(b) Nuclear power.
(c) X Rays.
(d) Nuclear division.

2. What were the names of the flies that were used in studying genetics?
(a) Diptera.
(b) Musca.
(c) Drosophilia.
(d) Anopheles.

3. In 1941, how many geneticists did Cold Spring Harbor draw?
(a) Over sixty.
(b) Over ninety.
(c) Over seventy.
(d) Over eighty.

4. How many papers did McClintock publish between the years of 1929 and 1931?
(a) Nine.
(b) Ten.
(c) Five.
(d) Twelve.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Among plants in the first crop, there were patterns of variegation so unusual they "could not fail to catch the eye". What was so unusual about these kernels?

2. In 1936, the University of Missouri offered Barbara what kind of position?

3. What did Barbara's uncle do for a living?

4. Both of the grandparents on Barbara's mother side could be traced back to what?

5. What did Barbara's sister, Marjorie, become?

(see the answer key)

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