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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 12, what did Jahren's son say he was going to be when he grew up?
(a) Football player.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Major-league baseball player.
(d) Lawyer.

2. In Part Three: Chapter 6, what did Jahren plan to name a horse if she ever had one?
(a) Flossie.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Mags.
(d) Chestnut.

3. In Part Three: Chapter 8, how often would a doctor and group of medical students come to Jahren's room in the maternity ward?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) About every three hours.
(c) 4 hours.
(d) Every couple hours.

4. In Part Three: Chapter 9, how many days would it take to drive from Miami to Los Angeles on Interstate 10?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

5. In Part Three: Chapter 6, what was Clint's field of study?
(a) Chemistry.
(b) Agronomy.
(c) Physics.
(d) Mathematics.

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

7. 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) William.
(c) Peter.
(d) Dietrich.

8. In Part Three: Chapter 11, how many months was Bill's salary guaranteed yearly from the University of Hawaii?
(a) 7.5.
(b) 9.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.6.

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

10. In Part Three: Chapter 1, how much protected forest is expected to be displaced during the next 40 years?
(a) Area the size of Connecticut.
(b) Area the size of Pennsylvania.
(c) 250,000 acres.
(d) 100,000 acres.

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

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

13. In the Epilogue, how many stumps have been created since 1990?
(a) 11 billion.
(b) 3 million.
(c) 5 million.
(d) 8 billion.

14. In Part Three: Chapter 10, how many hours did Jahren and Bill spend collecting moss samples in Ireland?
(a) 55.
(b) 45.
(c) 60.
(d) 70.

15. In Part Three: Chapter 14, until when did Bill and Jahren have funding?
(a) Spring 2016.
(b) Fall 2016.
(c) Summer 2016.
(d) Winter 2016.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Three: Chapter 10, where did Jahren tell Bill to meet her?

2. How much did it cost the United States to purchase Alaska?

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?

4. In Part Three: Chapter 14, what did Bill take Jahren outside to see?

5. In Part Three: Chapter 8, how much did Jahren's baby weigh when he was born?

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