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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 2, how much would the analyses that Bill and Jahren did for free have cost if ordered commercially?
(a) $30.
(b) $75.
(c) $25.
(d) $50.

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

3. In Part One: Chapter 4, how much money did Jahren waste when she removed a bottle from her workspace without sealing it?
(a) $750.
(b) About $1,500.
(c) At least $1,000.
(d) $625.

4. In Part One: Chapter 8, when did Jahren ask to access the x-ray diffraction lab?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1996.

5. In Part One: Chapter 2, what type of tree did the author remember from her childhood?
(a) Spruce.
(b) Weeping willow.
(c) Maple.
(d) Birch.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In Part Two: Chapter 2, where did Bill and Jahren get old camping equipment for the lab?

3. In Part Two: Chapter 2, who did Bill and Jahren run gas samples for?

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

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

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