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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 Two: Chapter 4, where did Bill and Jahren take a group of students to map soil?
(a) Baker County.
(b) Atkinson County.
(c) Gwinnett County.
(d) Decatur County.

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) 1908.
(c) 1882.
(d) 1893.

3. In Part One: Chapter 8, how many hours was Bill paid to work in Jahren's advisor's laboratory?
(a) 20.
(b) 25.
(c) 10.
(d) 40.

4. In Part One: Chapter 4, what type of car did Lydia say that a woman should never buy?
(a) Toyota.
(b) Dodge.
(c) Ford.
(d) Chevrolet.

5. In Part Two: Chapter 5, during what months would a deciduous grow a canopy of leaves?
(a) April to July.
(b) April to June.
(c) March to July.
(d) March to August.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 4, how much blood did Claude have to dispose of at the end of his shift?

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

3. In Part One: Chapter 5, what tree does Jahren say has the deepest-growing roots?

4. In Part Two: Chapter 2, how many McDonald's cheeseburgers did Bill buy when they were 25 cents a piece?

5. In Part Two: Chapter 5, how many pounds of maple leaves contain enough sucrose to make three pecan pies?

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