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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, how far would Jahren and her father walk home after leaving his lab?
(a) 1/2 mile.
(b) 2 miles.
(c) 8 blocks.
(d) 12 blocks.

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

3. In Part One: Chapter 3, how long can a cherry seed wait to grow?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 100 years.
(d) 5 years.

4. In Part One: Chapter 1, how far was Jahren's hometown from the Iowa border?
(a) 25 miles.
(b) 100 miles.
(c) 60 miles.
(d) 5 miles.

5. In The Prologue, how long does the average one-celled ocean plant live?
(a) About 20 days.
(b) Around 8 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 11 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In Part One: Chapter 6, how long did it take for lemons to ripen in a room flooded with ethylene gas?

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 One: Chapter 4, how much money did Jahren waste when she removed a bottle from her workspace without sealing it?

5. In Part One: Chapter 4, how long had Lydia been working 60 hours a week?

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