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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, when did Jahren become the graduate student assistant instructor in the Central Valley of California?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1991.

2. In the Prologue, how many times more life is on land than was in the ocean?
(a) 300.
(b) 600.
(c) 30.
(d) 150.

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

4. In Part One: Chapter 2, when did the tree that the author remembered from her childhood die?
(a) 2009.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2013.
(d) 2011.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 8, when did Jahren say that the insects that cause Dutch Elm disease came to the U.S.?

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

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

4. In Part One: Chapter 10, how long did Jahren spend on her Ph.D?

5. In Part One: Chapter 1, when were Jahren's parents married?

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