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

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

3. In Part One: Chapter 4, how much money did Jahren waste when she removed a bottle from her workspace without sealing it?
(a) About $1,500.
(b) $625.
(c) At least $1,000.
(d) $750.

4. In Part One: Chapter 4, how old did Jahren say that Claude was when he arrived at the blood bank?
(a) 29.
(b) 31.
(c) 38.
(d) 28.

5. In Part One: Chapter 11, how long will a willow grow?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 8 weeks.
(d) 3 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In Part One: Chapter 1, how far was Jahren's hometown from the Iowa border?

5. In Part One: Chapter 6, how long did it take for lemons to ripen in a room flooded with ethylene gas?

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