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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. In Part Two: Chapter 5, how often must an academic scientist solicit a new contract with the federal government?
(a) About every 4 years.
(b) Every 48 months.
(c) Every 36 months.
(d) Every 3 years.

2. In Part Three: Chapter 14, what was the name of the young man who supervised the sweet potato experiment?
(a) Jon.
(b) Matt.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Alex.

3. In Part Three, Chapter 12, what time did Jahren get to the lab?
(a) 10:00 a.m.
(b) 7:30 a.m.
(c) 7:00 a.m.
(d) 6:00 a.m.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Part Two: Chapter 7, what was the name of an undergraduate lab assistant to worked for a summer at the Miami zoo?

3. In Part Two: Chapter 4, where did Bill and Jahren take a group of students to map soil?

4. In Part Two: Chapter 7, where did Bill hide his hair when he cut it off?

5. In Part Three: Chapter 1, how often is a Pennsylvania-sized area of forest converted to city?

(see the answer key)

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