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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 long did Jahren's parents save to buy the house they lived in?
(a) 18 years.
(b) 22 years.
(c) 24 years.
(d) 10 years.

2. In Part One: Chapter 6, how long did it take for lemons to ripen in a room flooded with ethylene gas?
(a) 8 hours.
(b) 15 hours.
(c) 24 hours.
(d) 10 hours.

3. 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?
(a) 1882.
(b) 1904.
(c) 1893.
(d) 1908.

4. 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) 150 times.
(b) 50 times.
(c) 100 times.
(d) 75 times.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In Part One: Chapter 1, when were Jahren's parents married?

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

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