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

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

3. In Part Three: Chapter 6, where were Jahren and Clint married?
(a) Minnesota.
(b) Norway.
(c) Baltimore.
(d) California.

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

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

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

7. In Part Three: Chapter 14, what tool did Bill and Jahren take from the orchid experiment?
(a) Hammer.
(b) Screwdriver.
(c) Level.
(d) Cordless drill.

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

9. In Part Three: Chapter 10, what did Jahren hit when she was driving?
(a) Postal box.
(b) Traffic sign.
(c) Traffic signal.
(d) Streetlight.

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 Pennsylvania.
(b) 250,000 acres.
(c) 100,000 acres.
(d) Area the size of Connecticut.

11. In Part Three: Chapter 1, how often is a Pennsylvania-sized area of forest converted to city?
(a) About every 6 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) Every 5 years.
(d) 8 years.

12. In Part Three: Chapter 10, when did Jahren win the Macelwane Medal of the American Geophysical Union?
(a) 2006.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1996.
(d) 2001.

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

14. In Part Three: Chapter 2, how much did Ed's old mass spectrometer probably weigh?
(a) 700 pounds.
(b) About 500 pounds.
(c) At least a ton.
(d) 1,200 pounds.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Three, Chapter 12, what time did Jahren get to the lab?

2. In Part Three: Chapter 4, what animal did Bill and Jahren see?

3. In Part Three: Chapter 10, which of Bill's relatives died?

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 8, how much time did Jahren have for her obstetric appointments with her doctor?

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