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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 2, what was the name of the guy who custom-made most of the instruments in Ed's lab?
(a) Dietrich.
(b) William.
(c) Peter.
(d) Henrik.

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

3. 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) 40.
(c) 65.
(d) 95.

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

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

6. In Part Three: Chapter 8, what did Jahren say was Clint's mother's occupation?
(a) Obstetrician.
(b) Obstetrician.
(c) Neurologist.
(d) Surgeon.

7. In Part Three: Chapter 8, who did Jahren and Clint ride up the elevator to the maternity ward with?
(a) An elderly man.
(b) An older woman.
(c) A physician.
(d) A nurse.

8. In Part Three: Chapter 11, when did Jahren and her family move to Hawaii?
(a) 2006.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2008.
(d) 2007.

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

10. In Part Three: Chapter 8, what did Jahren throw when she was told she could no longer go to her lab while she was on medical leave?
(a) Paperweight.
(b) Coffee cup.
(c) Book.
(d) Pencils and pens.

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

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

13. In Part Three: Chapter 1, what city does Jahren say is the most tree-impoverished city on the East Coast?
(a) Boston.
(b) Bar Harbor.
(c) New York.
(d) Baltimore.

14. 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.

15. In Part Three: Chapter 4, where were Bill and Jahren spending the summer?
(a) Oregon.
(b) Canada.
(c) Washington.
(d) Alaska.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Three: Chapter 1, how much protected forest is expected to be displaced during the next 40 years?

2. In Part Three: Chapter 4, how far could Jahren see because the air was so clear?

3. In Part Two: Chapter 9, what can someone see who was in full-blown mania?

4. At the end of Part Three: Chapter 4, what did BIll do?

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

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