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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapters 8-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 8, how many hours was Bill paid to work in Jahren's advisor's laboratory?
(a) 25.
(b) 10.
(c) 40.
(d) 20.

2. In Part One: Chapter 10, what did Jahren do after exploding glass?
(a) Bite her nails.
(b) Scratch her arms.
(c) Dig her fingers into her palms.
(d) Chew her knuckles.

3. When would Jahren and her mother plant their garden every year?
(a) May 1.
(b) May 15.
(c) May 30.
(d) May 10.

4. In Part One: Chapter 1, how much were the mass spectrometers that Jahren had worth?
(a) Quarter of a million dollars.
(b) Half a million dollars.
(c) $100,000.
(d) $250,000.

5. In Part One: Chapter 4, what days of the week would psychiatric patients have ECT therapy?
(a) Mondays and Wednesdays.
(b) Wednesdays and Fridays.
(c) Mondays and Fridays.
(d) Tuesdays and Thursday.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 1, how long did Jahren's parents save to buy the house they lived in?

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

3. In Part One: Chapter 10, where did Jahren get a job after receiving her PhD?

4. In Part One: Chapter 1, when did the train pull away from the factory every evening?

5. In Part One: Chapter 8, when would Jahren access the x-ray diffraction lab?

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