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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapters 8-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 11, how long will a willow grow?
(a) 4 months.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 8 weeks.

2. In Part One: Chapter 1, what did Jahren's mother study before she was married?
(a) Physics.
(b) Biology.
(c) Botany.
(d) Chemistry.

3. In The Prologue, how much of the land on Earth used to be covered in forest?
(a) 2/3.
(b) 1/3.
(c) 1/2.
(d) 3/4.

4. In Part One: Chapter 4, what was Jahren's favorite job as an undergraduate in college?
(a) Hospital pharmacy.
(b) Camera person.
(c) Proofreader.
(d) Secretary.

5. In Part One: Chapter 1, where did Jahren get a scholarship to attend college?
(a) Southwest Minnesota State University.
(b) Minnesota State.
(c) University of Minnesota.
(d) Winona State University.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 2, what type of tree did the author remember from her childhood?

2. In Part One: Chapter 4, how old was the author when she first performed an experiment because she needed the money?

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 4, when did Sydney Ringer discover that he could make a dead frog's heart beat by bathing it in sugared saline?

5. In Part One: Chapter 10, what did Jahren do after exploding glass?

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