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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 the Prologue, how many times more life is on land than was in the ocean?
(a) 300.
(b) 150.
(c) 600.
(d) 30.

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) 1908.
(b) 1882.
(c) 1904.
(d) 1893.

3. In Part Two: Chapter 4, where would Bill sometimes give a monologue describing new colors found in soil?
(a) Rudolph's lab.
(b) Jahren's lab.
(c) Irish pubs.
(d) A lecture hall.

4. In Part Three: Chapter 8, what did Jahren throw when she was told she could no longer go to her lab while she was on medical leave?
(a) Pencils and pens.
(b) Book.
(c) Coffee cup.
(d) Paperweight.

5. In Part One: Chapter 4, how old did Jahren say that Claude was when he arrived at the blood bank?
(a) 28.
(b) 29.
(c) 38.
(d) 31.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 10, what did Jahren do after exploding glass?

2. In what states did Jahren study hackberry trees in Part One: Chapter 8?

3. In Part Three: Chapter 4, how many weeks did Jahren, Bill, and the paleontologists spend exhuming fossil trees?

4. In Part One: Chapter 8, how many seeds does a hackberry tree produce in its lifetime?

5. In Part Three: Chapter 8, how much did Jahren's baby weigh when he was born?

(see the answer key)

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