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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 2, what type of tree did the author remember from her childhood?
(a) Maple.
(b) Spruce.
(c) Weeping willow.
(d) Birch.

2. At the end of Part Two: Chapter 12, where did Jahrens get jobs for herself and Bill?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Johns Hopkins.
(c) Cornell.
(d) Brown.

3. In Part Three: Chapter 5, how does Jahren say that Magnolia, maple, dogwood, willow, cherry, and apple trees spread pollen?
(a) Bees.
(b) Birds.
(c) Wind.
(d) Flies and beetles.

4. In Part One: Chapter 8, when would Jahren access the x-ray diffraction lab?
(a) 6 p.m.
(b) Dawn.
(c) 10 a.m.
(d) Midnight.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 10, where did Jahren get a job after receiving her PhD?

2. In Part One: Chapter 8, how many hours was Bill paid to work in Jahren's advisor's laboratory?

3. In Part Three: Chapter 2, how long does Jahren say that some trees endure frozen weather every year?

4. In Part Two: Chapter 7 when Bill was living in his van, at what time would he quit drinking liquids?

5. In Part Two: Chapter 5, how many One A Day vitamins would it take to provide the magnesium that a maple tree needs?

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