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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 Three: Chapter 8, what was the name of head of Jahren's department?
(a) Wyatt.
(b) Walter.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Richard.

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

3. In Part One: Chapter 4, what was Jahren's favorite job as an undergraduate in college?
(a) Hospital pharmacy.
(b) Camera person.
(c) Proofreader.
(d) Secretary.

4. In Part Two: Chapter 9, what year did Jahren want to go back to at the end of the chapter?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1997.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1998.

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?
(a) 1904.
(b) 1893.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1882.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Part Three: Chapter 8, how long could Jahren not take her medications when she was pregnant?

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 Three: Chapter 10, what tree did Jahren's son spend 30 minutes daily hitting it with a baseball bat?

5. In Part Two: Chapter 2, what type of dog did Jahren have?

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