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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 Two: Chapter 7, what was the name of an undergraduate lab assistant to worked for a summer at the Miami zoo?
(a) Megan.
(b) Lindsey.
(c) Amy.
(d) Karen.

2. In Part One: Chapter 1, where did Jahren get a scholarship to attend college?
(a) Minnesota State.
(b) Southwest Minnesota State University.
(c) University of Minnesota.
(d) Winona State University.

3. In Part Two: Chapter 7, where did Bill live after he quit living in his van?
(a) A student office.
(b) In a locker room.
(c) On a park bench.
(d) In the lab.

4. In Part Two: Chapter 5, how many pounds of maple leaves contain enough sucrose to make three pecan pies?
(a) 35.
(b) 40.
(c) 25.
(d) 45.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Prologue, how many times more life is on land than was in the ocean?

2. In Part One: Chapter 10, what did Jahren do after exploding glass?

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

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

5. In Part One: Chapter 1, what did Jahren's mother study before she was married?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did the author describe where she and her family lived in Part One: Chapter 1?

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

6. In Part One: Chapter 2, what was the author's favorite childhood tree, and how did it die?

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

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

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

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

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