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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In The Prologue, how long does the average one-celled ocean plant live?
(a) Around 8 days.
(b) About 20 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 11 days.

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

3. In Part Two: Chapter 2, how much did Jahren say that she paid for her dog?
(a) $25.
(b) $50.
(c) $30.
(d) $60.

4. In Part Two: Chapter 4, where would Bill sometimes give a monologue describing new colors found in soil?
(a) Jahren's lab.
(b) A lecture hall.
(c) Rudolph's lab.
(d) Irish pubs.

5. In Part Two: Chapter 7, where did Bill live after he quit living in his van?
(a) On a park bench.
(b) In the lab.
(c) A student office.
(d) In a locker room.

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

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

8. In Part Two: Chapter 2, who did Bill and Jahren run gas samples for?
(a) Professor of Physics.
(b) Professor of Chemistry.
(c) Head graduate student.
(d) A group of graduate students.

9. In Part Two: Chapter 7, what color was Bill's hair?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Red.
(d) Salt and pepper.

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

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

12. In Part Two: Chapter 2, how much would a new air compressor cost?
(a) $1,200.
(b) $750.
(c) $1,500.
(d) $500.

13. In Part One: Chapter 4, how much money did Jahren waste when she removed a bottle from her workspace without sealing it?
(a) $625.
(b) About $1,500.
(c) At least $1,000.
(d) $750.

14. In Part Two: Chapter 5, how much money does Jahren say was available for curiosity-driven science?
(a) $8.1 billion.
(b) $7.3 billion.
(c) $40 million.
(d) $6 million.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Two: Chapter 1, in the South, when will leaves begin to grow?

2. In Part Two: Chapter 5, during what months would a deciduous grow a canopy of leaves?

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

4. In Part One: Chapter 4, how old was the author when she first performed an experiment because she needed the money?

5. In Part One: Chapter 4, what days of the week would psychiatric patients have ECT therapy?

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