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

2. 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.

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

4. 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.

5. In Part Three: Chapter 4, how many weeks did Jahren, Bill, and the paleontologists spend exhuming fossil trees?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

6. In Part Three: Chapter 2, when did Ed begin his work on the ups and down of sea level over thousands of years?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1960s.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1950s.

7. At the beginning of Part Three: Chapter 4, what was Jahren covered in?
(a) Clay.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Pollen.

8. 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) 4 quarts.
(b) Less than 1 soda bottle.
(c) About 3 12 ounce can of soda.
(d) 1 gallon.

9. In Part Three: Chapter 8, how much time did Jahren have for her obstetric appointments with her doctor?
(a) 20 minutes.
(b) 12 minutes.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) 15 minutes.

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

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

12. In Part Three: Chapter 9, how much earlier do seeds from trees in cold climates set buds?
(a) 2 months.
(b) A month.
(c) 1-2 weeks.
(d) 2-3 weeks.

13. In Part Two: Chapter 10, how many times had Jahren already traveled the same places and run into poison ivy?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

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

15. In Part Three: Chapter 14, what did Bill take Jahren outside to see?
(a) Altocumulus clouds.
(b) Sun dog.
(c) Lenticular clouds.
(d) Double rainbow.

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

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

4. In Part Three: Chapter 10, how old was Bill's father when he died?

5. In Part Three: Chapter 5, what percent of pollen produced in the world goes nowhere and fertilizes nothing?

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