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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 Three: Chapter 10, of the million seeds dropped on Earth every year, what percent will begin to grow?
(a) 45.
(b) 5.
(c) 30.
(d) 15.

2. What triggers hardening in trees?
(a) Colder nights.
(b) Losing leaves.
(c) Shortening of the days.
(d) Colder days.

3. In Part Three: Chapter 10, what was the name of the new recruit that Jahren and Bill thought would be a good assistant?
(a) Dan.
(b) Bob.
(c) Pete.
(d) Josh.

4. In Part Three: Chapter 14, until when did Bill and Jahren have funding?
(a) Fall 2016.
(b) Summer 2016.
(c) Spring 2016.
(d) Winter 2016.

5. At the end of Part Three: Chapter 13, what author wrote that "life and love are like butter and do not keep" (269)?
(a) Marge Piercy.
(b) Jenny Erpenbeck.
(c) Sheri Holman.
(d) Kristen Wolf.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Three: Chapter 6, how old was Jahren when she met Clint?

2. In Part Three: Chapter 14, what was the name of the young man who supervised the sweet potato experiment?

3. In Part Three: Chapter 10, where did Jahren and her husband go the year her son started school?

4. In Part Three: Chapter 10, how old was Bill's father when he died?

5. In Part Three: Chapter 6, where were Jahren and Clint married?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part Two: Chapter 10, what was Sitka known for?

2. In Part Three: Chapter 2, who was Ed and what did he study?

3. In Part Two: Chapter 11, what was the war between plants and insects that occurred in Washington in 1977 and what was the outcome?

4. In Part Three: Chapter 3, what is hardening?

5. In Part Three: Chapter 6, what was Clint's occupation, and how did he do his work?

6. In Part Three: Chapter 10, what is discussed about tree memory?

7. In Part Two: Chapter 10, how did Jahren get poison ivy, and what were the side effects?

8. In Part Three: Chapter 10, what does Jahren say about being a scientist after her son was born?

9. In Part Two: Chapter 12, where was Jahren headed at the end of the chapter and with what?

10. In Part Three: Chapter 7, what type of growth curve did scientists discover in 1879 that corn had?

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