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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, what was the topic for Jahren's Ph.D thesis?
(a) Hickory trees.
(b) Hackberry tree.
(c) Elm trees.
(d) Ash trees.

2. In Part One: Chapter 2, when did the tree that the author remembered from her childhood die?
(a) 2011.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2013.

3. 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) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 9.

4. In Part One: Chapter 8, how many seeds does a hackberry tree produce in its lifetime?
(a) Several million.
(b) Thousands.
(c) Millions.
(d) Hundreds of thousands.

5. In Part One: Chapter 1, how far was Jahren's hometown from the Iowa border?
(a) 5 miles.
(b) 100 miles.
(c) 25 miles.
(d) 60 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 4, what days of the week would psychiatric patients have ECT therapy?

2. In Part One: Chapter 1, where did Jahren get a scholarship to attend college?

3. In Part One: Chapter 11, how long will a willow grow?

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

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

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