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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 much were the mass spectrometers that Jahren had worth?
(a) $100,000.
(b) $250,000.
(c) Half a million dollars.
(d) Quarter of a million dollars.

2. In Part One: Chapter 4, what type of car did Lydia say that a woman should never buy?
(a) Toyota.
(b) Ford.
(c) Chevrolet.
(d) Dodge.

3. In Part One: Chapter 2, when did the tree that the author remembered from her childhood die?
(a) 2011.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2013.
(d) 2005.

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

5. In Part One: Chapter 2, what type of tree did the author remember from her childhood?
(a) Spruce.
(b) Maple.
(c) Birch.
(d) Weeping willow.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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?

4. When would Jahren and her mother plant their garden every year?

5. In Part One: Chapter 6, for how many weeks did Jahren and her students dig five to seven holes a day and stoop over them for hours?

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