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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part Two: Chapter 7, what type of vehicle did Jahren purchase when a "check engine" (131) light came on in the first car she ever owned?
(a) Subaru.
(b) Jeep.
(c) Ford.
(d) Chevy.

2. In Part Two: Chapter 1, how much did income tax collected increase in Georgia between the years 1990 and 2000?
(a) Doubled.
(b) 40%
(c) Tripled.
(d) 5%.

3. In what states did Jahren study hackberry trees in Part One: Chapter 8?
(a) California and Nevada.
(b) Michigan and Wisconsin.
(c) Minnesota and South Dakota.
(d) North Dakota and South Dakota.

4. In Part Two: Chapter 5, how much money does Jahren say was available for curiosity-driven science?
(a) $7.3 billion.
(b) $40 million.
(c) $6 million.
(d) $8.1 billion.

5. In Part Two: Chapter 2, who did Bill and Jahren run gas samples for?
(a) Head graduate student.
(b) Professor of Physics.
(c) Professor of Chemistry.
(d) A group of graduate students.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 4, when did Sydney Ringer discover that he could make a dead frog's heart beat by bathing it in sugared saline?

2. In Part One: Chapter 5, how much greater can the surface area of the taproot be than all of the leaves on a tree?

3. In Part One: Chapter 8, when did Jahren say that the insects that cause Dutch Elm disease came to the U.S.?

4. In Part One: Chapter 10, where did Jahren get a job after receiving her PhD?

5. In Part Two: Chapter 10, where did Jahren, BIll, and the students stay after the van crashed?

(see the answer key)

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