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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 1, how many years did Jahren's father teach introductory physics and earth science?
(a) 42.
(b) 29.
(c) 34.
(d) 38.

2. What did Jahren discover that the powder from ground hackberry was in Part One: Chapter 8?
(a) Pumice.
(b) Moldavite.
(c) Opal.
(d) Obsidian.

3. In Part One: Chapter 1, how far would Jahren and her father walk home after leaving his lab?
(a) 2 miles.
(b) 8 blocks.
(c) 1/2 mile.
(d) 12 blocks.

4. In Part One: Chapter 4, what days of the week would psychiatric patients have ECT therapy?
(a) Wednesdays and Fridays.
(b) Mondays and Fridays.
(c) Mondays and Wednesdays.
(d) Tuesdays and Thursday.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 1, how long did Jahren's parents save to buy the house they lived in?

2. In Part One: Chapter 2, when did the tree that the author remembered from her childhood die?

3. In Part One: Chapter 11, how long will a willow grow?

4. In Part One: Chapter 4, how much money did Jahren waste when she removed a bottle from her workspace without sealing it?

5. In Part One: Chapter 9, how long can the stem of a tree be?

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