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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) 24 years.
(b) 18 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 22 years.

2. In Part One: Chapter 1, what did Jahren's mother study before she was married?
(a) Botany.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Biology.
(d) Physics.

3. In Part One: Chapter 4, how much blood did Claude have to dispose of at the end of his shift?
(a) 6-7 gallons.
(b) A few pints.
(c) Gallons and gallons.
(d) 4-5 pints.

4. 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?
(a) 8.
(b) 9.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

5. In Part One: Chapter 5, what tree does Jahren say has the deepest-growing roots?
(a) Oak tree.
(b) Acacia tree.
(c) Maple tree.
(d) Birch tree.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Part One: Chapter 4, what was Jahren's favorite job as an undergraduate in college?

3. In Part One: Chapter 4, where did Lydia say that her ex-husband lived?

4. In Part One: Chapter 6, when did Jahren become the graduate student assistant instructor in the Central Valley of California?

5. In Part One: Chapter 2, when did the tree that the author remembered from her childhood die?

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