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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 4, how old did Jahren say that Claude was when he arrived at the blood bank?
(a) 31.
(b) 38.
(c) 28.
(d) 29.

2. In Part One: Chapter 10, what did Jahren do after exploding glass?
(a) Bite her nails.
(b) Scratch her arms.
(c) Chew her knuckles.
(d) Dig her fingers into her palms.

3. In Part Two: Chapter 1, how long will it take a tree to lose all of its leaves?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) A week.
(c) 8 days.
(d) 11 days.

4. In Part Two: Chapter 7 when Bill was living in his van, at what time would he quit drinking liquids?
(a) 6 p.m.
(b) 9 p.m.
(c) 7:30 p.m.
(d) 8:00 p.m.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jahren discover that the powder from ground hackberry was in Part One: Chapter 8?

2. In Part One: Chapter 11, how long will a willow grow?

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

4. In Part Two: Chapter 5, during what months would a deciduous grow a canopy of leaves?

5. In Part One: Chapter 6, when did Jahren become the graduate student assistant instructor in the Central Valley of California?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Part One: Chapter 3, what did the author say about seeds?

5. In Part Two: Chapter 6, what does Jahren say about vines?

6. In Part Two: Chapter 2, how did Jahren hope to get a new air compressor?

7. In Part Two: Chapter 3, what symbiotic relationship do some trees and fungi have?

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

9. In Part One: Chapter 9, how often would trees lose a limb?

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

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