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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 The Prologue, how much of the land on Earth used to be covered in forest?
(a) 1/3.
(b) 3/4.
(c) 1/2.
(d) 2/3.

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

3. In Part One: Chapter 1, where did Jahren get a scholarship to attend college?
(a) University of Minnesota.
(b) Minnesota State.
(c) Southwest Minnesota State University.
(d) Winona State University.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 2, when did the tree that the author remembered from her childhood die?

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

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

4. In Part One: Chapter 4, where did Lydia say that her ex-husband lived?

5. In Part One: Chapter 9, how long can the stem of a tree be?

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