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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, as Jahren and the others drove toward Rock Springs, Wyoming, how many words did Jahren realize she had spoken during the trip?
(a) 11.
(b) None.
(c) 3.
(d) 9.

2. In Part Three: Chapter 1, how much protected forest is expected to be displaced during the next 40 years?
(a) 250,000 acres.
(b) Area the size of Pennsylvania.
(c) 100,000 acres.
(d) Area the size of Connecticut.

3. In Part Three: Chapter 4, how many people were in Bill and Jahren's group of scientists?
(a) 9.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 13.

4. At the beginning of Part Two: Chapter 10, how long had Jahren been lying in bed crying?
(a) 30 hours.
(b) 24 hours.
(c) 48 hours.
(d) 36 hours.

5. In Part Three: Chapter 5, what percent of pollen produced in the world goes nowhere and fertilizes nothing?
(a) 80.
(b) 63.
(c) 41.
(d) 99.9.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Part Three: Chapter 4, what did BIll do?

2. In Part Two: Chapter 10, who was driving when there was an accident with the van?

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

4. In Part Three: Chapter 11, when did Jahren and her family move to Hawaii?

5. When was the Alaska Purchase?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part Three: Chapter 2, what did Ed give Jahren?

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

3. In Part Three: Chapter 9, what does Jahren say about cells and water?

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

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

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

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

8. In Part Three: Chapter 1, what does Jahren say about Baltimore and trees?

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

10. In Part Three: Chapter 12, what did Jahren do after putting her son to bed?

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