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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 3, what is the biggest enemy of plants?
(a) Fungi.
(b) Man.
(c) Fire.
(d) Insects.
2. In Part One: Chapter 1, how long did Jahren's parents save to buy the house they lived in?
(a) 18 years.
(b) 22 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 24 years.
3. In Part Two: Chapter 4, where would Bill sometimes give a monologue describing new colors found in soil?
(a) Rudolph's lab.
(b) Irish pubs.
(c) Jahren's lab.
(d) A lecture hall.
4. In Part One: Chapter 4, what was Jahren's favorite job as an undergraduate in college?
(a) Camera person.
(b) Hospital pharmacy.
(c) Secretary.
(d) Proofreader.
5. In The Prologue, how long does the average one-celled ocean plant live?
(a) 11 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) About 20 days.
(d) Around 8 days.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Part Two: Chapter 4, when Bill and Jahren took a group of students to map soil, what time did they eat dinner?
2. In Part Two: Chapter 2, who did Bill and Jahren run gas samples for?
3. In what states did Jahren study hackberry trees in Part One: Chapter 8?
4. In Part One: Chapter 7, to what does Jahren compare the cotyledons starting up photosynthesis?
5. In Part Two: Chapter 5, during what months would a deciduous grow a canopy of leaves?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part Two: Chapter 2, how did Bill and Jahren design the lab?
2. In Part One: Chapter 8, what did Jahren explain about the hackberry tree?
3. In Part One: Chapter 6, when and how did Bill live in a hole?
4. In Part One: Chapter 1, how did the author get money for her work, and why was that stressful for her?
5. In Part Two: Chapter 5, what does Jahren say about a tree's budget?
6. In Part Two: Chapter 7, what did Jahren do to try to find time for everything she had to do?
7. In Part One: Chapter 8, what did Jahren say about becoming a scientist and being a scientist?
8. In Part Two: Chapter 6, what does Jahren say about vines?
9. In Part Two: Chapter 8, how does a barrel cactus survive in the dessert?
10. In Part Two: Chapter 4, how did Jahren describe a gorilla and his chamber?
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