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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 2, what type of tree did the author remember from her childhood?
(a) Spruce.
(b) Birch.
(c) Maple.
(d) Weeping willow.

2. In Part One: Chapter 4, how long had Lydia been working 60 hours a week?
(a) 24 years.
(b) 21 years.
(c) Almost 20 years.
(d) About 15 years.

3. In Part One: Chapter 1, how many years did Jahren's father teach introductory physics and earth science?
(a) 34.
(b) 38.
(c) 29.
(d) 42.

4. What did Jahren discover that the powder from ground hackberry was in Part One: Chapter 8?
(a) Opal.
(b) Moldavite.
(c) Pumice.
(d) Obsidian.

5. In Part Two: Chapter 7, how long did Bill's van have to cool down in order to start it?
(a) At least 3 hours.
(b) About 2 hours.
(c) 45 minutes.
(d) 90 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 1, how long did Jahren's parents save to buy the house they lived in?

2. In Part Two: Chapter 4, when did Bill and Jahren take a group of five students to learn to characterize and map soil?

3. In The Prologue, how much of the land on Earth used to be covered in forest?

4. In Part Two: Chapter 8, how old is a barrel cactus be that is tall enough to touch your knee?

5. In Part One: Chapter 8, how many seeds does a hackberry tree produce in its lifetime?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In Part One: Chapter 6, when and how did Bill live in a hole?

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

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

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

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

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

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