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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 4, when Bill and Jahren took a group of students to map soil, what time did they eat dinner?
(a) 3 a.m.
(b) 9 p.m.
(c) 11 p.m.
(d) 1 a.m.

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

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

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

5. In Part One: Chapter 7, to what does Jahren compare the cotyledons starting up photosynthesis?
(a) Jump starting a truck.
(b) A cook mixing batter.
(c) An old car starting on a winter morning.
(d) Starting a campfire.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When would Jahren and her mother plant their garden every year?

3. In Part Two: Chapter 1, in the South, when will leaves begin to grow?

4. How old was Jahren in Part One: Chapter 10, when she became an assistant professor?

5. In Part One: Chapter 9, how long can the stem of a tree be?

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