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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 5, how much money does Jahren say was available for curiosity-driven science?
(a) $6 million.
(b) $7.3 billion.
(c) $40 million.
(d) $8.1 billion.

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

3. In Part Two: Chapter 9, what can someone see who was in full-blown mania?
(a) Other side of death.
(b) Devil.
(c) God.
(d) Heaven.

4. In Part Two: Chapter 4, when did Bill and Jahren take a group of five students to learn to characterize and map soil?
(a) Fall 1997.
(b) Summer 1997.
(c) Spring 1997.
(d) Winter 1997.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 1, how many years did Jahren's father teach introductory physics and earth science?

2. In Part Three: Chapter 2, where were Jahren and Bill driving from?

3. At the end of Part Two: Chapter 12, where did Jahrens get jobs for herself and Bill?

4. In Part Two: Chapter 9, what year did Jahren want to go back to at the end of the chapter?

5. In Part One: Chapter 8, in 1995, where did Jahren study hackberry trees?

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