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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 7, how long was Jahren's commute from the place she rented to the university?
(a) 45 minutes.
(b) 20 minutes.
(c) 35 minutes.
(d) 55 minutes.

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

3. In The Prologue, how much of the land on Earth used to be covered in forest?
(a) 3/4.
(b) 1/2.
(c) 2/3.
(d) 1/3.

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

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

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

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

8. In Part Two: Chapter 5, during what months would a deciduous grow a canopy of leaves?
(a) March to July.
(b) April to July.
(c) March to August.
(d) April to June.

9. In Part One: Chapter 8, when would Jahren access the x-ray diffraction lab?
(a) 6 p.m.
(b) 10 a.m.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Midnight.

10. 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) $50.
(c) $75.
(d) $30.

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

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

13. In Part One: Chapter 7, to what does Jahren compare the cotyledons starting up photosynthesis?
(a) Jump starting a truck.
(b) A cook mixing batter.
(c) An old car starting on a winter morning.
(d) Starting a campfire.

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

15. In Part One: Chapter 5, what tree does Jahren say has the deepest-growing roots?
(a) Acacia tree.
(b) Maple tree.
(c) Birch tree.
(d) Oak tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the gorilla at Monkey Jungle who created crayon drawings?

2. In Part Two: Chapter 7, where did Bill live after he quit living in his van?

3. In Part Two: Chapter 1, how long will it take a tree to lose all of its leaves?

4. In Part Two: Chapter 5, how many pounds of maple leaves contain enough sucrose to make three pecan pies?

5. In Part Two: Chapter 7, where did Bill hide his hair when he cut it off?

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