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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 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) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 9.

2. In Part One: Chapter 10, where did Jahren get a job after receiving her PhD?
(a) University of Michigan.
(b) Georgia Tech.
(c) University of Iowa.
(d) University of Colorado.

3. In Part One: Chapter 8, when did Jahren ask to access the x-ray diffraction lab?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1996.

4. In Part One: Chapter 9, how long can the stem of a tree be?
(a) 200 yards.
(b) 100 yards.
(c) 50 feet.
(d) 75 feet.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 4, how old did Jahren say that Claude was when he arrived at the blood bank?

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

3. What did Jahren discover that the powder from ground hackberry was in Part One: Chapter 8?

4. How tall will hackberry trees grow to be?

5. In Part One: Chapter 4, what days of the week would psychiatric patients have ECT therapy?

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