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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapters 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 1, when were Jahren's parents married?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1953.

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

3. When Jahren was an undergraduate at the University of Minnesota, how many jobs did she hold in Part One: Chapter 4?
(a) 10.
(b) 14.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

4. When would Jahren and her mother plant their garden every year?
(a) May 10.
(b) May 30.
(c) May 1.
(d) May 15.

5. In 2009, how long had Jahren been a professor?
(a) 16 years.
(b) 14 years.
(c) 17 years.
(d) 15 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 1, when did the train pull away from the factory every evening?

2. In Part One: Chapter 5, how much greater can the surface area of the taproot be than all of the leaves on a tree?

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

4. In Part One: Chapter 1, what did Jahren's mother study before she was married?

5. In the Prologue, how many times more life is on land than was in the ocean?

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