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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 3, what is the biggest enemy of plants?
(a) Fungi.
(b) Insects.
(c) Man.
(d) Fire.

2. In Part One: Chapter 1, when did the train pull away from the factory every evening?
(a) 8:23.
(b) 6:13.
(c) 7:15.
(d) 8:09.

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

4. In what states did Jahren study hackberry trees in Part One: Chapter 8?
(a) North Dakota and South Dakota.
(b) Minnesota and South Dakota.
(c) California and Nevada.
(d) Michigan and Wisconsin.

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

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

7. In Part Two: Chapter 6, how long can a kudzu vine grow?
(a) 60 feet.
(b) 80 feet.
(c) 210 feet.
(d) 100 feet.

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

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

10. In Part One: Chapter 4, what type of car did Lydia say that a woman should never buy?
(a) Chevrolet.
(b) Ford.
(c) Dodge.
(d) Toyota.

11. In Part One: Chapter 1, how far was Jahren's hometown from the Iowa border?
(a) 100 miles.
(b) 60 miles.
(c) 25 miles.
(d) 5 miles.

12. In Part One: Chapter 3, how long can a cherry seed wait to grow?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 100 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 30 years.

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

14. In Part Two: Chapter 4, when Bill and Jahren took a group of students to map soil, what time did they eat dinner?
(a) 3 a.m.
(b) 11 p.m.
(c) 1 a.m.
(d) 9 p.m.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 8, what was the topic for Jahren's Ph.D thesis?

2. In the Prologue, how many times more life is on land than was in the ocean?

3. In Part One: Chapter 1, how far would Jahren and her father walk home after leaving his lab?

4. In Part One: Chapter 8, in 1995, where did Jahren study hackberry trees?

5. In Part One: Chapter 2, when did the tree that the author remembered from her childhood die?

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