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

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

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

4. In The Prologue, how long does the average one-celled ocean plant live?
(a) About 20 days.
(b) 11 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) Around 8 days.

5. In Part One: Chapter 1, how far would Jahren and her father walk home after leaving his lab?
(a) 2 miles.
(b) 12 blocks.
(c) 8 blocks.
(d) 1/2 mile.

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 2009, how long had Jahren been a professor?

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

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

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