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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 10, who was driving when there was an accident with the van?
(a) Jahren.
(b) Noah.
(c) Teri.
(d) Bill.

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

3. 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) 3.
(b) 11.
(c) None.
(d) 9.

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

5. In Part Three: Chapter 10, where did Jahren and her husband go the year her son started school?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Norway.
(c) Finland.
(d) Denmark.

6. In Part Three: Chapter 12, how often were photos taken of the radish plants?
(a) 25 seconds.
(b) 15 seconds.
(c) 20 seconds.
(d) 10 seconds.

7. At the end of Part Three: Chapter 4, what did BIll do?
(a) Dance.
(b) Sing.
(c) Exercise.
(d) Monologue.

8. 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) Henrik.
(d) Peter.

9. 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) Los Angeles.
(c) Denver.
(d) Dallas.

10. In Part Two: Chapter 11, what town in Alaska does Jahren mention?
(a) Gustavus.
(b) Sitka.
(c) Juneau.
(d) Tenakee Springs.

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

12. In Part Three: Chapter 12, where did Jahren shop for groceries and lunch?
(a) Whole Foods.
(b) Foodland.
(c) KTA Super Stores.
(d) Save-A-Lot.

13. At the beginning of Part Two: Chapter 10, how long had Jahren been lying in bed crying?
(a) 48 hours.
(b) 24 hours.
(c) 30 hours.
(d) 36 hours.

14. In Part Three: Chapter 5, how much pollen is necessary to fertilize an ovum and develop into a seed?
(a) 1 grain.
(b) 11 grains.
(c) 3 grains.
(d) 4 grains.

15. In Part Two: Chapter 12, where did a paleobotany professor collect the rocks that Jahrens helped unpack?
(a) Bogota, Colombia.
(b) Montevideo, Uruguay.
(c) Santiago, Chili.
(d) Caracas, Venezuela.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Three: Chapter 10, when did Jahren win the Macelwane Medal of the American Geophysical Union?

2. In the Epilogue, when does Jahren say that a tree will get sick and need a tree doctor?

3. In Part Three: Chapter 11, when did Jahren and her family move to Hawaii?

4. In Part Three: Chapter 5, how does Jahren say that Magnolia, maple, dogwood, willow, cherry, and apple trees spread pollen?

5. In Part Three: Chapter 9, what percent of trees that make it to their first birthday will not make it to their second?

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