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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 5, how much pollen is necessary to fertilize an ovum and develop into a seed?
(a) 1 grain.
(b) 11 grains.
(c) 4 grains.
(d) 3 grains.

2. In Part Three: Chapter 10, how many spruce seeds would Jahren use to test tree memory?
(a) 125.
(b) 75.
(c) 55.
(d) 100.

3. In Part Three: Chapter 12, how many radish plants had been growing for 21 days?
(a) 90.
(b) 80.
(c) 60.
(d) 70.

4. In Part Three: Chapter 8, how often would a doctor and group of medical students come to Jahren's room in the maternity ward?
(a) Every couple hours.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 4 hours.
(d) About every three hours.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Three: Chapter 9, how many days would it take to drive from Miami to Los Angeles on Interstate 10?

2. In Part Two: Chapter 10, as Jahren and the others drove toward Rock Springs, Wyoming, how many words did Jahren realize she had spoken during the trip?

3. In Part Three: Chapter 10, when were the seeds collected that Jahren used to test tree memory?

4. In Part Three: Chapter 5, what type of flower does Jahren mention can only reproduce with that flower?

5. In Part Three: Chapter 2, how much did Ed's old mass spectrometer probably weigh?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the Epilogue, what is Jahren's personal request to the reader?

2. In Part Three: Chapter 10, why did Jahren like being in Norway?

3. In Part Three: Chapter 12, what is unusual about C-6?

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

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

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

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

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

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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