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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 Two: Chapter 10, where was Jahren traveling when she ran into poison ivy?
(a) Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.
(b) Georgia, Florida, and Alabama.
(c) Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
(d) Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

2. In Part Three: Chapter 6, where were Jahren and Clint married?
(a) Minnesota.
(b) Norway.
(c) Baltimore.
(d) California.

3. 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) Paperweight.
(b) Book.
(c) Coffee cup.
(d) Pencils and pens.

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

5. In Part Two: Chapter 1, in the South, when will leaves begin to grow?
(a) February.
(b) March.
(c) January.
(d) April.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Two: Chapter 6, when did the vine kudzu arrive in Philadelphia?

2. In Part Two: Chapter 12, what did Jahren nickname one of her master's students who kept getting D-minuses?

3. In Part One: Chapter 7, to what does Jahren compare the cotyledons starting up photosynthesis?

4. In Part Two: Chapter 10, where did Jahren get an edema from the poison ivy?

5. In Part Three: Chapter 4, where were Bill and Jahren spending the summer?

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