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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, in the South, when will leaves begin to grow?
(a) February.
(b) April.
(c) March.
(d) January.

2. In Part One: Chapter 4, when did Sydney Ringer discover that he could make a dead frog's heart beat by bathing it in sugared saline?
(a) 1904.
(b) 1893.
(c) 1882.
(d) 1908.

3. In Part Two: Chapter 1, how much did income tax collected increase in Georgia between the years 1990 and 2000?
(a) Doubled.
(b) 40%
(c) Tripled.
(d) 5%.

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

5. In Part One: Chapter 1, how many years did Jahren's father teach introductory physics and earth science?
(a) 34.
(b) 29.
(c) 38.
(d) 42.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Part Two: Chapter 4, where would Bill sometimes give a monologue describing new colors found in soil?

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

4. In Part One: Chapter 4, how old did Jahren say that Claude was when he arrived at the blood bank?

5. In The Prologue, how long does the average one-celled ocean plant live?

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