View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part Two: Chapter 6, where did the vast majority of vines found in North America that are invasive come from?
(a) Australia.
(b) Asia.
(c) South America.
(d) Europe and Eurasia.

2. In Part Two: Chapter 4, how much did Bill and Jahren pay to get their group into Monkey Jungle?
(a) $61.
(b) $57.
(c) $33.
(d) $48.

3. In Part Two: Chapter 2, how many McDonald's cheeseburgers did Bill buy when they were 25 cents a piece?
(a) 25.
(b) 60.
(c) 40 or so.
(d) About 50.

4. In Part One: Chapter 9, how long can the stem of a tree be?
(a) 75 feet.
(b) 200 yards.
(c) 100 yards.
(d) 50 feet.

5. In 2009, how long had Jahren been a professor?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 16 years.
(c) 17 years.
(d) 14 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 1, how far was Jahren's hometown from the Iowa border?

2. In Part One: Chapter 4, what was Jahren's favorite job as an undergraduate in college?

3. In Part One: Chapter 4, what days of the week would psychiatric patients have ECT therapy?

4. In Part Two: Chapter 2, where did Bill and Jahren get old camping equipment for the lab?

5. What was the name of the gorilla at Monkey Jungle who created crayon drawings?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part Two: Chapter 7, what were the pecularities of Bill's van?

2. In Part Two: Chapter 5, what does Jahren say that a science professor did and did not worry about?

3. In Part One: Chapter 5, what did Jahren say about the deepest-growing roots?

4. In Part One: Chapter 7, what did Jahren say that the job of leaves was, and what was the process used for that job?

5. In Part Two: Chapter 8, how does a barrel cactus survive in the dessert?

6. In Part One: Chapter 1, how did the author get money for her work, and why was that stressful for her?

7. In Part One: Chapter 9, how did Jahrens reveal that stems functioned?

8. In Part One: Chapter 10, what did the lab look like that Jahren had in Atlanta?

9. In Part Two: Chapter 7, what did Jahren do to try to find time for everything she had to do?

10. In Part One: Part 4, how did Lydia act when Jahren told her that she was quitting the pharmacy?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,068 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample