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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 3, how long can a cherry seed wait to grow?
(a) 100 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 30 years.

2. In Part One: Chapter 2, when did the tree that the author remembered from her childhood die?
(a) 2005.
(b) 2011.
(c) 2013.
(d) 2009.

3. In Part One: Chapter 6, for how many weeks did Jahren and her students dig five to seven holes a day and stoop over them for hours?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 9.

4. When would Jahren and her mother plant their garden every year?
(a) May 10.
(b) May 30.
(c) May 1.
(d) May 15.

5. In Part One: Chapter 10, how long did Jahren spend on her Ph.D?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 4 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 4, where did Lydia say that her ex-husband lived?

2. In Part One: Chapter 1, how far would Jahren and her father walk home after leaving his lab?

3. When Jahren was an undergraduate at the University of Minnesota, how many jobs did she hold in Part One: Chapter 4?

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

5. In Part One: Chapter 7, to what does Jahren compare the cotyledons starting up photosynthesis?

(see the answer key)

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