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

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

3. In Part One: Chapter 1, how many years did Jahren's father teach introductory physics and earth science?
(a) 42.
(b) 34.
(c) 29.
(d) 38.

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

5. 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) 1908.
(b) 1893.
(c) 1904.
(d) 1882.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 4, how old was the author when she first performed an experiment because she needed the money?

2. In Part One: Chapter 7, to what does Jahren compare the cotyledons starting up photosynthesis?

3. In The Prologue, how long does the average one-celled ocean plant live?

4. In Part One: Chapter 1, how much were the mass spectrometers that Jahren had worth?

5. When Jahren was an undergraduate at the University of Minnesota, how many jobs did she hold in Part One: Chapter 4?

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