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

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

3. In Part One: Chapter 1, how long did Jahren's parents save to buy the house they lived in?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 18 years.
(c) 22 years.
(d) 24 years.

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

5. In Part Two: Chapter 2, what type of dog did Jahren have?
(a) Black Lab.
(b) Yellow Lab.
(c) German Shepherd.
(d) Chesapeake Bay retriever.

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, how much were the mass spectrometers that Jahren had worth?

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

4. In Part One: Chapter 4, where did Lydia say that her ex-husband lived?

5. 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?

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