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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, when did Jahren say that the insects that cause Dutch Elm disease came to the U.S.?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1928.

2. In Part One: Chapter 1, how long did Jahren's parents save to buy the house they lived in?
(a) 22 years.
(b) 18 years.
(c) 24 years.
(d) 10 years.

3. In Part One: Chapter 8, in 1995, where did Jahren study hackberry trees?
(a) Iowa.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Colorado.
(d) Nebraska.

4. 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) 4-5 pints.
(c) A few pints.
(d) Gallons and gallons.

5. In Part One: Chapter 10, how long did Jahren spend on her Ph.D?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 5 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 1, how far would Jahren and her father walk home after leaving his lab?

2. In The Prologue, how much of the land on Earth used to be covered in forest?

3. How old was Jahren in Part One: Chapter 10, when she became an assistant professor?

4. In Part One: Chapter 2, what type of tree did the author remember from her childhood?

5. In Part One: Chapter 8, how many seeds does a hackberry tree produce in its lifetime?

(see the answer key)

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