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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 10, what did Jahren do after exploding glass?
(a) Chew her knuckles.
(b) Dig her fingers into her palms.
(c) Bite her nails.
(d) Scratch her arms.

2. In The Prologue, how long does the average one-celled ocean plant live?
(a) Around 8 days.
(b) About 20 days.
(c) 11 days.
(d) 3 days.

3. In Part One: Chapter 5, what tree does Jahren say has the deepest-growing roots?
(a) Birch tree.
(b) Acacia tree.
(c) Oak tree.
(d) Maple tree.

4. In Part One: Chapter 4, where did Lydia say that her ex-husband lived?
(a) South Dakota.
(b) North Dakota.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Wisconsin.

5. In Part One: Chapter 8, how many hours was Bill paid to work in Jahren's advisor's laboratory?
(a) 40.
(b) 10.
(c) 25.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 8, in 1995, where did Jahren study hackberry trees?

2. In Part One: Chapter 10, how long did Jahren spend on her Ph.D?

3. What did Jahren discover that the powder from ground hackberry was in Part One: Chapter 8?

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

5. In Part One: Chapter 1, how much were the mass spectrometers that Jahren had worth?

(see the answer key)

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