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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 10, when were the seeds collected that Jahren used to test tree memory?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1990.

2. In Part Three: Chapter 5, what percent of pollen produced in the world goes nowhere and fertilizes nothing?
(a) 80.
(b) 63.
(c) 99.9.
(d) 41.

3. In Part Two: Chapter 6, when did the vine kudzu arrive in Philadelphia?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1876.
(c) 1904.
(d) 1924.

4. In Part One: Chapter 4, how much money did Jahren waste when she removed a bottle from her workspace without sealing it?
(a) $750.
(b) $625.
(c) About $1,500.
(d) At least $1,000.

5. How much did it cost the United States to purchase Alaska?
(a) $9 million.
(b) $3 million.
(c) $5 million.
(d) $7 million.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Part One: Chapter 5, what tree does Jahren say has the deepest-growing roots?

3. In Part One: Chapter 4, how old was the author when she first performed an experiment because she needed the money?

4. In Part Two: Chapter 2, who did Bill and Jahren run gas samples for?

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

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