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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 7, where did Bill hide his hair when he cut it off?
(a) Sweet gum tree.
(b) In a drawer in the lab.
(c) Under the driver's seat of his van.
(d) Coffee can.

2. In Part Two: Chapter 5, in Jahren's example of a maple tree, how much water would be required to absorb and evaporate to grow the leaves of the tree?
(a) 3,700 gallons.
(b) At least 8,000 gallons.
(c) About 7,500 gallons.
(d) 1,100 gallons.

3. In Part Two: Chapter 7, what was the name of an undergraduate lab assistant to worked for a summer at the Miami zoo?
(a) Megan.
(b) Amy.
(c) Karen.
(d) Lindsey.

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

5. In Part Two: Chapter 12, when would Jahren awaken at 2:30 a.m. and then get agitated because she could not get back to sleep?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1997.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Two: Chapter 2, how much did Jahren say that she paid for her dog?

2. In Part One: Chapter 6, how long did it take for lemons to ripen in a room flooded with ethylene gas?

3. When was the Alaska Purchase?

4. In Part Three: Chapter 6, where did Jahren and Clint take a trip in 2001?

5. In Part Two: Chapter 4, how much did Bill and Jahren pay to get their group into Monkey Jungle?

(see the answer key)

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