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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 3, how long can a cherry seed wait to grow?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 100 years.
(d) 30 years.

2. In Part One: Chapter 5, how much greater can the surface area of the taproot be than all of the leaves on a tree?
(a) 50 times.
(b) 150 times.
(c) 100 times.
(d) 75 times.

3. How tall will hackberry trees grow to be?
(a) 40 feet tall.
(b) 25 feet tall.
(c) 30 feet tall.
(d) 60 feet tall.

4. In Part One: Chapter 1, how much were the mass spectrometers that Jahren had worth?
(a) $250,000.
(b) Half a million dollars.
(c) Quarter of a million dollars.
(d) $100,000.

5. In Part One: Chapter 10, how large was Jahren's lab?
(a) About 800 square feet.
(b) About 1,000 square feet.
(c) About 1,500 square feet.
(d) About 600 square feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 9, what tree does Jahren describe that was found in Honolulu at Manoa Road and Oahu Avenue?

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

3. In Part One: Chapter 8, how many hours was Bill paid to work in Jahren's advisor's laboratory?

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

5. In Part One: Chapter 6, when did Jahren become the graduate student assistant instructor in the Central Valley of California?

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