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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. What did Jahren discover that the powder from ground hackberry was in Part One: Chapter 8?
(a) Pumice.
(b) Obsidian.
(c) Opal.
(d) Moldavite.

2. In Part Two: Chapter 4, what type of monkeys groomed each other at the Monkey Jungle?
(a) Howler.
(b) Tamarin.
(c) Diana.
(d) Gibbon.

3. In Part One: Chapter 4, how old did Jahren say that Claude was when he arrived at the blood bank?
(a) 31.
(b) 38.
(c) 29.
(d) 28.

4. In Part Three: Chapter 4, how many people were in Bill and Jahren's group of scientists?
(a) 15.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 13.

5. In Part One: Chapter 1, where did Jahren's great-grandparents come from?
(a) Finland.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Norway.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Two: Chapter 1, in the South, when will leaves begin to grow?

2. In Part Three: Chapter 8, what was the name of head of Jahren's department?

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

4. In 2009, how long had Jahren been a professor?

5. In Part Three: Chapter 5, how does Jahren say that Magnolia, maple, dogwood, willow, cherry, and apple trees spread pollen?

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