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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part Two: Chapter 7, where did Bill hide his hair when he cut it off?
(a) Coffee can.
(b) Under the driver's seat of his van.
(c) Sweet gum tree.
(d) In a drawer in the lab.

2. In Part Three: Chapter 4, what animal did Bill and Jahren see?
(a) Moose.
(b) Wolf.
(c) Hare.
(d) Fox.

3. In Part Two: Chapter 4, when Bill and Jahren took a group of students to map soil, what time did they eat dinner?
(a) 1 a.m.
(b) 3 a.m.
(c) 9 p.m.
(d) 11 p.m.

4. In Part Two: Chapter 7, what was the name of an undergraduate lab assistant to worked for a summer at the Miami zoo?
(a) Megan.
(b) Lindsey.
(c) Karen.
(d) Amy.

5. In Part One: Chapter 1, where did Jahren get a scholarship to attend college?
(a) University of Minnesota.
(b) Minnesota State.
(c) Southwest Minnesota State University.
(d) Winona State University.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Two: Chapter 8, how old is a barrel cactus be that is tall enough to touch your knee?

2. In Part Three: Chapter 2, where did Jahren meet Ed, her favorite "academic uncle" (180) after not seeing him for a number of years?

3. In Part Two: Chapter 4, when did Bill and Jahren take a group of five students to learn to characterize and map soil?

4. In Part One: Chapter 5, how much greater can the surface area of the taproot be than all of the leaves on a tree?

5. In Part Two: Chapter 1, how much did income tax collected increase in Georgia between the years 1990 and 2000?

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