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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 4, what type of car did Lydia say that a woman should never buy?
(a) Dodge.
(b) Chevrolet.
(c) Toyota.
(d) Ford.

2. In Part One: Chapter 1, how long did Jahren's parents save to buy the house they lived in?
(a) 24 years.
(b) 22 years.
(c) 18 years.
(d) 10 years.

3. In Part One: Chapter 8, when would Jahren access the x-ray diffraction lab?
(a) Dawn.
(b) 6 p.m.
(c) Midnight.
(d) 10 a.m.

4. In Part One: Chapter 8, when did Jahren say that the insects that cause Dutch Elm disease came to the U.S.?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1924.

5. In Part One: Chapter 10, where did Jahren get a job after receiving her PhD?
(a) Georgia Tech.
(b) University of Colorado.
(c) University of Iowa.
(d) University of Michigan.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 1, when did the train pull away from the factory every evening?

2. In Part One: Chapter 1, where did Jahren get a scholarship to attend college?

3. In Part One: Chapter 8, how many hours was Bill paid to work in Jahren's advisor's laboratory?

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

5. 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?

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