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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 1, how long will it take a tree to lose all of its leaves?
(a) A week.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 11 days.
(d) 8 days.

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

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

4. In Part One: Chapter 2, what type of tree did the author remember from her childhood?
(a) Weeping willow.
(b) Maple.
(c) Spruce.
(d) Birch.

5. In Part One: Chapter 4, how much blood did Claude have to dispose of at the end of his shift?
(a) 4-5 pints.
(b) Gallons and gallons.
(c) A few pints.
(d) 6-7 gallons.

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

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

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

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

10. In Part Two: Chapter 5, how many One A Day vitamins would it take to provide the magnesium that a maple tree needs?
(a) 14.
(b) 11.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

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

12. 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?
(a) 1882.
(b) 1904.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1893.

13. In Part Two: Chapter 5, how many pounds of maple leaves contain enough sucrose to make three pecan pies?
(a) 35.
(b) 40.
(c) 45.
(d) 25.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 1, how long did Jahren's parents save to buy the house they lived in?

2. In Part Two: Chapter 2, how much would a new air compressor cost?

3. In Part Two: Chapter 6, where did the vast majority of vines found in North America that are invasive come from?

4. In Part One: Chapter 10, how long did Jahren spend on her Ph.D?

5. In Part One: Chapter 6, when did Jahren become the graduate student assistant instructor in the Central Valley of California?

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