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

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

3. In Part Three: Chapter 10, how many spruce seeds would Jahren use to test tree memory?
(a) 100.
(b) 55.
(c) 75.
(d) 125.

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) William.
(b) Dietrich.
(c) Peter.
(d) Henrik.

5. In Part Three: Chapter 14, what was the name of the young man who supervised the sweet potato experiment?
(a) Jon.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Alex.
(d) Matt.

6. In Part Three: Chapter 9, if all the water on Earth was an Olympic-sized swimming pool, what would the amount available to plants be comparable to?
(a) 1 gallon.
(b) About 3 12 ounce can of soda.
(c) Less than 1 soda bottle.
(d) 4 quarts.

7. In Part Three: Chapter 6, where did Jahren and Clint take a trip in 2001?
(a) Norway.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Finland.

8. In Part Two: Chapter 10, where did Jahren, BIll, and the students stay after the van crashed?
(a) Super 8.
(b) Comfort Inn.
(c) Budget Inn.
(d) Motel 6.

9. In the Epilogue, when does Jahren say that a tree will get sick and need a tree doctor?
(a) 40 years.
(b) 20-30 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) 15-20 years.

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

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

12. In Part Two: Chapter 11, when was there a war between species in Sitka, Alaska?
(a) 1990s.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1980s.

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

14. In Part Three: Chapter 2, to what temperature can pure water be "super-colled" (192) and still remain an ice-free liquid?
(a) 30 degrees below zero.
(b) 10 degrees above zero.
(c) 5 degrees above zero.
(d) 40 degrees below zero.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Three: Chapter 10, where did Jahren and her husband go the year her son started school?

2. In Part Three: Chapter 10, what tree did Jahren's son spend 30 minutes daily hitting it with a baseball bat?

3. In Part Three: Chapter 6, what was Clint's field of study?

4. In Part Three: Chapter 2, where were Jahren and Bill driving from?

5. In Part Three: Chapter 8, how long could Jahren not take her medications when she was pregnant?

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