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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) 1949.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1953.

2. In Part Two: Chapter 7, where did Bill live after he quit living in his van?
(a) On a park bench.
(b) A student office.
(c) In a locker room.
(d) In the lab.

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

4. 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) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 9.

5. In Part Two: Chapter 5, in Jahren's example of a maple tree, how much water would be required to absorb and evaporate to grow the leaves of the tree?
(a) 1,100 gallons.
(b) 3,700 gallons.
(c) About 7,500 gallons.
(d) At least 8,000 gallons.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 6, how long did it take for lemons to ripen in a room flooded with ethylene gas?

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

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

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

5. In Part One: Chapter 4, what was Jahren's favorite job as an undergraduate in college?

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