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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part Two: Chapter 3, what is the biggest enemy of plants?
(a) Fire.
(b) Fungi.
(c) Man.
(d) Insects.

2. In Part Two: Chapter 4, how much did Bill and Jahren pay to get their group into Monkey Jungle?
(a) $61.
(b) $57.
(c) $33.
(d) $48.

3. In Part One: Chapter 10, how long did Jahren spend on her Ph.D?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 6 years.

4. In Part One: Chapter 6, how long did it take for lemons to ripen in a room flooded with ethylene gas?
(a) 15 hours.
(b) 24 hours.
(c) 10 hours.
(d) 8 hours.

5. In 2009, how long had Jahren been a professor?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 17 years.
(c) 14 years.
(d) 16 years.

6. In Part One: Chapter 1, how many years did Jahren's father teach introductory physics and earth science?
(a) 42.
(b) 29.
(c) 38.
(d) 34.

7. In Part One: Chapter 4, how old was the author when she first performed an experiment because she needed the money?
(a) 18.
(b) 20.
(c) 19.
(d) 21.

8. In Part Two: Chapter 2, how much would the analyses that Bill and Jahren did for free have cost if ordered commercially?
(a) $75.
(b) $50.
(c) $30.
(d) $25.

9. In Part One: Chapter 6, when did Jahren become the graduate student assistant instructor in the Central Valley of California?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1990.

10. In Part Two: Chapter 7, what type of vehicle did Jahren purchase when a "check engine" (131) light came on in the first car she ever owned?
(a) Chevy.
(b) Jeep.
(c) Ford.
(d) Subaru.

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

12. In Part One: Chapter 8, when did Jahren say that the insects that cause Dutch Elm disease came to the U.S.?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1928.

13. In what states did Jahren study hackberry trees in Part One: Chapter 8?
(a) North Dakota and South Dakota.
(b) Minnesota and South Dakota.
(c) California and Nevada.
(d) Michigan and Wisconsin.

14. 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.

15. In Part Two: Chapter 6, when did the vine kudzu arrive in Philadelphia?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1876.
(d) 1904.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 8, when would Jahren access the x-ray diffraction lab?

2. In Part One: Chapter 4, how long had Lydia been working 60 hours a week?

3. In The Prologue, how much of the land on Earth used to be covered in forest?

4. In Part One: Chapter 5, how much greater can the surface area of the taproot be than all of the leaves on a tree?

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

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