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

2. In Part One: Chapter 1, how far would Jahren and her father walk home after leaving his lab?
(a) 1/2 mile.
(b) 2 miles.
(c) 8 blocks.
(d) 12 blocks.

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

4. In Part One: Chapter 11, how long will a willow grow?
(a) 8 weeks.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 3 weeks.

5. How tall will hackberry trees grow to be?
(a) 25 feet tall.
(b) 40 feet tall.
(c) 30 feet tall.
(d) 60 feet tall.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When would Jahren and her mother plant their garden every year?

4. How old was Jahren in Part One: Chapter 10, when she became an assistant professor?

5. In Part One: Chapter 9, what tree does Jahren describe that was found in Honolulu at Manoa Road and Oahu Avenue?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. In Part One: Chapter 1, what did the author's father do and for how long?

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