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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When would Jahren and her mother plant their garden every year?

2. What did Jahren discover that the powder from ground hackberry was in Part One: Chapter 8?

3. In Part One: Chapter 5, how much greater can the surface area of the taproot be than all of the leaves on a tree?

4. In Part One: Chapter 10, where did Jahren get a job after receiving her PhD?

5. In Part One: Chapter 11, how long will a willow grow?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part Two: Chapter 4, how did Jahren describe a gorilla and his chamber?

2. In Part One: Chapter 9, how did Jahrens reveal that stems functioned?

3. In Part One: Chapter 9, how often would trees lose a limb?

4. In Part Two: Chapter 7, what were the pecularities of Bill's van?

5. In Part Two: Chapter 2, how did Bill and Jahren design the lab?

6. In Part One: Chapter 8, what did Jahren explain about the hackberry tree?

7. In Part One: Part 4, how did Lydia act when Jahren told her that she was quitting the pharmacy?

8. How did the author describe where she and her family lived in Part One: Chapter 1?

9. In Part One: Chapter 5, what did Jahren say about the deepest-growing roots?

10. In Part One: Chapter 8, how did Jahren feel when she discovered what the seed of a hackberry was comprised of?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A friend of Jahren’s academic advisor in California named Ed, gave Jahren supplies and equipment from his lab when he retired. Why was the transfer of tools important to Jahren? What did the tools and equipment symbolize?

Essay Topic 2

Jahren made a comment that “it takes a long time to turn into what you’re supposed to be” (265). What did Jahren mean when she made that comment? How did it take her a long time to become the person she was supposed to be? What helped her become the person she was meant to be?

Essay Topic 3

On a trip to California, the van Jahren borrowed from the university was damaged in an accident. How was the van damaged in an accident? How did the driver at the time accept responsibility? How did Bill respond to the accident? What did Jahren learn about loyalty from the accident?

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