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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) 1924.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1911.

2. In Part One: Chapter 4, how old was the author when she first performed an experiment because she needed the money?
(a) 19.
(b) 20.
(c) 21.
(d) 18.

3. In Part One: Chapter 10, where did Jahren get a job after receiving her PhD?
(a) University of Colorado.
(b) University of Iowa.
(c) Georgia Tech.
(d) University of Michigan.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 1, how many years did Jahren's father teach introductory physics and earth science?

2. In Part One: Chapter 8, in 1995, where did Jahren study hackberry trees?

3. What did Jahren discover that the powder from ground hackberry was in Part One: Chapter 8?

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

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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