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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 1, how long did Jahren's parents save to buy the house they lived in?
(a) 22 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 24 years.
(d) 18 years.

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

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

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

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

6. How old was Jahren in Part One: Chapter 10, when she became an assistant professor?
(a) 27.
(b) 28.
(c) 25.
(d) 26.

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

8. In Part One: Chapter 4, where did Lydia say that her ex-husband lived?
(a) North Dakota.
(b) South Dakota.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) Iowa.

9. In Part One: Chapter 1, where did Jahren's great-grandparents come from?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Denmark.
(c) Finland.
(d) Norway.

10. In Part Two: Chapter 1, how much did income tax collected increase in Georgia between the years 1990 and 2000?
(a) Tripled.
(b) 40%
(c) Doubled.
(d) 5%.

11. In Part One: Chapter 10, how large was Jahren's lab?
(a) About 600 square feet.
(b) About 800 square feet.
(c) About 1,000 square feet.
(d) About 1,500 square feet.

12. What was the name of the gorilla at Monkey Jungle who created crayon drawings?
(a) Duke.
(b) Goliath.
(c) Bongo.
(d) King.

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

14. In Part One: Chapter 11, how long will a willow grow?
(a) 4 months.
(b) 8 weeks.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 6 months.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 4, how old did Jahren say that Claude was when he arrived at the blood bank?

2. In Part One: Chapter 4, how long did Jahren work in a pharmacy?

3. In Part Two: Chapter 5, how many One A Day vitamins would it take to provide the magnesium that a maple tree needs?

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

5. In Part Two: Chapter 3, what is the biggest enemy of plants?

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