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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part Two: Chapter 1, how long will it take a tree to lose all of its leaves?
(a) 11 days.
(b) 8 days.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) A week.

2. In Part One: Chapter 1, when were Jahren's parents married?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1953.

3. 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) 75 times.
(b) 50 times.
(c) 100 times.
(d) 150 times.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what states did Jahren study hackberry trees in Part One: Chapter 8?

2. In Part Two: Chapter 4, how much did Bill and Jahren pay to get their group into Monkey Jungle?

3. In Part One: Chapter 1, when did the train pull away from the factory every evening?

4. In Part One: Chapter 1, how much were the mass spectrometers that Jahren had worth?

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

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