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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 4, how long had Lydia been working 60 hours a week?
(a) 24 years.
(b) About 15 years.
(c) Almost 20 years.
(d) 21 years.

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

3. In Part One: Chapter 8, when would Jahren access the x-ray diffraction lab?
(a) 6 p.m.
(b) 10 a.m.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Midnight.

4. In Part One: Chapter 6, how long did it take for lemons to ripen in a room flooded with ethylene gas?
(a) 10 hours.
(b) 24 hours.
(c) 8 hours.
(d) 15 hours.

5. When Jahren was an undergraduate at the University of Minnesota, how many jobs did she hold in Part One: Chapter 4?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 14.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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 8, how many hours was Bill paid to work in Jahren's advisor's laboratory?

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

(see the answer key)

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