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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 was Jahren's hometown from the Iowa border?
(a) 5 miles.
(b) 100 miles.
(c) 60 miles.
(d) 25 miles.

2. In The Prologue, how much of the land on Earth used to be covered in forest?
(a) 3/4.
(b) 1/3.
(c) 2/3.
(d) 1/2.

3. In Part One: Chapter 5, how much greater can the surface area of the taproot be than all of the leaves on a tree?
(a) 75 times.
(b) 150 times.
(c) 50 times.
(d) 100 times.

4. In Part One: Chapter 4, where did Lydia say that her ex-husband lived?
(a) South Dakota.
(b) North Dakota.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Wisconsin.

5. In Part One: Chapter 4, how old was the author when she first performed an experiment because she needed the money?
(a) 19.
(b) 20.
(c) 18.
(d) 21.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 3, how long can a cherry seed wait to grow?

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

3. In Part One: Chapter 2, what type of tree did the author remember from her childhood?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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