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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part Three: Chapter 2, where did Jahren meet Ed, her favorite "academic uncle" (180) after not seeing him for a number of years?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Denver.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Dallas.

2. In Part Two: Chapter 12, what did Jahren nickname one of her master's students who kept getting D-minuses?
(a) Patty.
(b) Debbie.
(c) Marcie.
(d) Maggie.

3. How long did it take a huge team of students to harvest the sweet potatoes for the experiment in Part Three: Chapter 14?
(a) About 4 days.
(b) Almost 3 days.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 2 days.

4. In Part Three: Chapter 2, what was the name of the guy who custom-made most of the instruments in Ed's lab?
(a) Henrik.
(b) Dietrich.
(c) Peter.
(d) William.

5. In Part Three: Chapter 8, what was the name of head of Jahren's department?
(a) Andrew.
(b) Walter.
(c) Wyatt.
(d) Richard.

6. In Part Two: Chapter 10, where did Jahren get an edema from the poison ivy?
(a) Shoulder.
(b) Right temple.
(c) Back.
(d) Left calf.

7. In Part Two: Chapter 9, what can someone see who was in full-blown mania?
(a) Devil.
(b) Other side of death.
(c) God.
(d) Heaven.

8. In Part Two: Chapter 10, where was Jahren traveling when she ran into poison ivy?
(a) Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.
(b) Georgia, Florida, and Alabama.
(c) Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
(d) Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

9. In Part Three: Chapter 12, how did Jahren go to her lab at the end of the chapter?
(a) Car.
(b) Bicycle.
(c) Moped.
(d) Motorcycle.

10. In Part Three: Chapter 7, what plant has a lazy-S development?
(a) Monterey pine.
(b) Corn.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Norway spruce.

11. In Part Two: Chapter 10, as Jahren and the others drove toward Rock Springs, Wyoming, how many words did Jahren realize she had spoken during the trip?
(a) 11.
(b) 9.
(c) 3.
(d) None.

12. In Part Three: Chapter 9, what percent of trees that make it to their first birthday will not make it to their second?
(a) 80.
(b) 40.
(c) 65.
(d) 95.

13. In Part Three: Chapter 6, how old was Jahren when she met Clint?
(a) 33.
(b) 32.
(c) 31.
(d) 30.

14. In Part Three: Chapter 5, what type of flower does Jahren mention can only reproduce with that flower?
(a) Fig.
(b) Daisy.
(c) Olive.
(d) Tulip.

15. In Part Three: Chapter 8, how long could Jahren not take her medications when she was pregnant?
(a) 40.
(b) 26 weeks.
(c) 31.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Three: Chapter 10, what was the name of the new recruit that Jahren and Bill thought would be a good assistant?

2. What triggers hardening in trees?

3. In Part Two: Chapter 12, where did a paleobotany professor collect the rocks that Jahrens helped unpack?

4. In Part Two: Chapter 9, what year did Jahren want to go back to at the end of the chapter?

5. In Part Three: Chapter 1, what city does Jahren say is the most tree-impoverished city on the East Coast?

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