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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 8, what was the topic for Jahren's Ph.D thesis?
(a) Hackberry tree.
(b) Elm trees.
(c) Ash trees.
(d) Hickory trees.

2. In Part One: Chapter 5, how much greater can the surface area of the taproot be than all of the leaves on a tree?
(a) 50 times.
(b) 150 times.
(c) 75 times.
(d) 100 times.

3. In Part Two: Chapter 7 when Bill was living in his van, at what time would he quit drinking liquids?
(a) 8:00 p.m.
(b) 6 p.m.
(c) 7:30 p.m.
(d) 9 p.m.

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

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

6. In Part One: Chapter 1, where did Jahren get a scholarship to attend college?
(a) Southwest Minnesota State University.
(b) Winona State University.
(c) University of Minnesota.
(d) Minnesota State.

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

8. In Part Two: Chapter 2, how many McDonald's cheeseburgers did Bill buy when they were 25 cents a piece?
(a) 40 or so.
(b) 25.
(c) 60.
(d) About 50.

9. In Part One: Chapter 1, when were Jahren's parents married?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1951.

10. In Part One: Chapter 4, how long did Jahren work in a pharmacy?
(a) 8 months.
(b) 11 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 9 months.

11. When would Jahren and her mother plant their garden every year?
(a) May 10.
(b) May 15.
(c) May 1.
(d) May 30.

12. In Part One: Chapter 9, how long can the stem of a tree be?
(a) 100 yards.
(b) 200 yards.
(c) 50 feet.
(d) 75 feet.

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

14. In Part One: Chapter 8, how many seeds does a hackberry tree produce in its lifetime?
(a) Hundreds of thousands.
(b) Several million.
(c) Thousands.
(d) Millions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Two: Chapter 1, how much did income tax collected increase in Georgia between the years 1990 and 2000?

2. In Part Two: Chapter 4, what type of monkeys groomed each other at the Monkey Jungle?

3. In Part One: Chapter 1, how far was Jahren's hometown from the Iowa border?

4. In Part One: Chapter 9, what tree does Jahren describe that was found in Honolulu at Manoa Road and Oahu Avenue?

5. In Part One: Chapter 4, when did Sydney Ringer discover that he could make a dead frog's heart beat by bathing it in sugared saline?

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