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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) 150 times.
(b) 50 times.
(c) 100 times.
(d) 75 times.

3. In Part One: Chapter 4, how old did Jahren say that Claude was when he arrived at the blood bank?
(a) 31.
(b) 28.
(c) 38.
(d) 29.

4. In Part Two: Chapter 8, how old is a barrel cactus be that is tall enough to touch your knee?
(a) About 15 years old.
(b) About 7 years old.
(c) About 11 years old.
(d) More than 25 years old.

5. In Part Two: Chapter 6, when did the vine kudzu arrive in Philadelphia?
(a) 1876.
(b) 1904.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1865.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Two: Chapter 7, how long did Bill's van have to cool down in order to start it?

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

3. In Part Two: Chapter 2, how much would the analyses that Bill and Jahren did for free have cost if ordered commercially?

4. In Part One: Chapter 10, how long did Jahren spend on her Ph.D?

5. In Part Two: Chapter 4, when Bill and Jahren took a group of students to map soil, what time did they eat dinner?

(see the answer key)

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