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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. At the beginning of Part Three: Chapter 4, what was Jahren covered in?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Clay.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Pollen.

2. In Part Two: Chapter 1, how long will it take a tree to lose all of its leaves?
(a) 8 days.
(b) A week.
(c) 11 days.
(d) 2 weeks.

3. In Part Three: Chapter 5, what percent of pollen produced in the world goes nowhere and fertilizes nothing?
(a) 41.
(b) 99.9.
(c) 80.
(d) 63.

4. In Part One: Chapter 8, what was the topic for Jahren's Ph.D thesis?
(a) Hickory trees.
(b) Hackberry tree.
(c) Elm trees.
(d) Ash trees.

5. In Part Three: Chapter 2, when did Ed begin his work on the ups and down of sea level over thousands of years?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1960s.
(d) 1950s.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Three: Chapter 1, how much protected forest is expected to be displaced during the next 40 years?

2. In Part One: Chapter 8, when did Jahren ask to access the x-ray diffraction lab?

3. In Part Three: Chapter 6, how old was Jahren when she met Clint?

4. In Part One: Chapter 2, what type of tree did the author remember from her childhood?

5. In Part One: Chapter 4, how much money did Jahren waste when she removed a bottle from her workspace without sealing it?

(see the answer key)

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