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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapters 9-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 7, to what does Jahren compare the cotyledons starting up photosynthesis?
(a) An old car starting on a winter morning.
(b) A cook mixing batter.
(c) Starting a campfire.
(d) Jump starting a truck.

2. How old was Jahren in Part One: Chapter 10, when she became an assistant professor?
(a) 28.
(b) 26.
(c) 27.
(d) 25.

3. In Part Two: Chapter 6, where did the vast majority of vines found in North America that are invasive come from?
(a) South America.
(b) Europe and Eurasia.
(c) Asia.
(d) Australia.

4. In Part Three: Chapter 6, where were Jahren and Clint married?
(a) Minnesota.
(b) Norway.
(c) Baltimore.
(d) California.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Two: Chapter 10, where was Jahren traveling when she ran into poison ivy?

2. In Part Two: Chapter 4, where did Bill and Jahren take a group of students to map soil?

3. In Part One: Chapter 4, how long had Lydia been working 60 hours a week?

4. In Part Two: Chapter 7, what was the name of an undergraduate lab assistant to worked for a summer at the Miami zoo?

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

(see the answer key)

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