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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 2, how long does Jahren say that some trees endure frozen weather every year?
(a) Up to 6 months.
(b) Around 3 months.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 4 months.

2. What triggers hardening in trees?
(a) Shortening of the days.
(b) Losing leaves.
(c) Colder days.
(d) Colder nights.

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

4. In Part One: Chapter 6, how long did it take for lemons to ripen in a room flooded with ethylene gas?
(a) 24 hours.
(b) 15 hours.
(c) 8 hours.
(d) 10 hours.

5. In Part Two: Chapter 2, how much would the analyses that Bill and Jahren did for free have cost if ordered commercially?
(a) $25.
(b) $30.
(c) $75.
(d) $50.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Three: Chapter 2, where did Jahren meet Ed, her favorite "academic uncle" (180) after not seeing him for a number of years?

2. In Part Three: Chapter 4, how far could Jahren see because the air was so clear?

3. In Part Two: Chapter 10, where did Jahren get an edema from the poison ivy?

4. In Part Three: Chapter 5, what type of flower does Jahren mention can only reproduce with that flower?

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

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