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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 10, where did Jahren get an edema from the poison ivy?
(a) Right temple.
(b) Shoulder.
(c) Back.
(d) Left calf.

2. In Part Two: Chapter 9, what year did Jahren want to go back to at the end of the chapter?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1997.

3. In Part Three: Chapter 10, when were the seeds collected that Jahren used to test tree memory?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1970.

4. In Part Three: Chapter 4, how far could Jahren see because the air was so clear?
(a) 4 miles.
(b) 8 miles.
(c) 10 miles or more.
(d) About 12 miles.

5. In Part Three: Chapter 8, who did Jahren and Clint ride up the elevator to the maternity ward with?
(a) A physician.
(b) An older woman.
(c) A nurse.
(d) An elderly man.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Two: Chapter 10, where was Jahren traveling when she ran into poison ivy?

2. In Part Three: Chapter 8, what was the name of head of Jahren's department?

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

4. In Part Three: Chapter 10, which of Bill's relatives died?

5. In Part Three: Chapter 9, if all the water on Earth was an Olympic-sized swimming pool, what would the amount available to plants be comparable to?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part Three: Chapter 13, what demands does Jahren say that a tree has?

2. What did Jahren decide about her ability to cope with a child after her son was born in Part Three: Chapter 8?

3. In Part Three: Chapter 8, what is the hardest thing that Jahren said she had ever done and why?

4. In Part Three: Chapter 5, how does Jahren explain that some trees spread their pollen?

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

6. In Part 3: Chapter 14, what does Jahren say about science and being an ant?

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

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

9. In Part Three: Chapter 10, how would Jahren and BIll test new recruits to see if they would work out in the lab?

10. In Part 3: Chapter 14, how had Jahren's work routine changed?

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