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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapters 12-Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much did it cost the United States to purchase Alaska?
(a) $7 million.
(b) $9 million.
(c) $3 million.
(d) $5 million.

2. In Part One: Chapter 2, when did the tree that the author remembered from her childhood die?
(a) 2013.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2009.
(d) 2011.

3. In Part Two: Chapter 4, what type of monkeys groomed each other at the Monkey Jungle?
(a) Howler.
(b) Tamarin.
(c) Diana.
(d) Gibbon.

4. In Part Two: Chapter 8, how old is a barrel cactus be that is tall enough to touch your knee?
(a) More than 25 years old.
(b) About 15 years old.
(c) About 11 years old.
(d) About 7 years old.

5. In Part Three: Chapter 10, where did Jahren and her husband go the year her son started school?
(a) Norway.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Finland.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Three: Chapter 10, what was the name of the new recruit that Jahren and Bill thought would be a good assistant?

2. In Part One: Chapter 4, what was Jahren's favorite job as an undergraduate in college?

3. In Part Two: Chapter 1, how long will it take a tree to lose all of its leaves?

4. At the end of Part Three: Chapter 13, what author wrote that "life and love are like butter and do not keep" (269)?

5. In Part Two: Chapter 9, what year did Jahren want to go back to at the end of the chapter?

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