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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 9, what tree does Jahren describe that was found in Honolulu at Manoa Road and Oahu Avenue?
(a) Eucalyptus.
(b) Monkeypod.
(c) Almond.
(d) Banyan.

2. In Part One: Chapter 8, how many seeds does a hackberry tree produce in its lifetime?
(a) Millions.
(b) Several million.
(c) Thousands.
(d) Hundreds of thousands.

3. In Part One: Chapter 8, when did Jahren say that the insects that cause Dutch Elm disease came to the U.S.?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1924.

4. In the Prologue, how many times more life is on land than was in the ocean?
(a) 150.
(b) 600.
(c) 30.
(d) 300.

5. In Part One: Chapter 4, how much blood did Claude have to dispose of at the end of his shift?
(a) 4-5 pints.
(b) Gallons and gallons.
(c) A few pints.
(d) 6-7 gallons.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Two: Chapter 5, how many One A Day vitamins would it take to provide the magnesium that a maple tree needs?

2. In Part One: Chapter 4, where did Lydia say that her ex-husband lived?

3. In Part Two: Chapter 2, what type of dog did Jahren have?

4. In Part Two: Chapter 7, what was the name of an undergraduate lab assistant to worked for a summer at the Miami zoo?

5. In Part One: Chapter 7, to what does Jahren compare the cotyledons starting up photosynthesis?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 1, why did the author's mother have to quit college?

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

3. In Part Two: Chapter 2, how did Bill and Jahren design the lab?

4. In Part One: Part 4, what did Jahren say that working in a hospital taught her?

5. In Part One: Chapter 8, what did Jahren say about becoming a scientist and being a scientist?

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

7. In Part One: Chapter 8, what did Jahren explain about the hackberry tree?

8. In Part One: Chapter 8, how did Jahren feel when she discovered what the seed of a hackberry was comprised of?

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

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

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