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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. In Part One: Chapter 4, what was Jahren's favorite job as an undergraduate in college?

2. In Part Two: Chapter 2, how much did Jahren say that she paid for her dog?

3. In Part Two: Chapter 2, how much would a new air compressor cost?

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

5. In Part One: Chapter 4, how long did Jahren work in a pharmacy?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 8, what did Jahren say about becoming a scientist and being a scientist?

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

3. In Part One: Part 4, what did Jahren say that working in a hospital taught her?

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

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

6. In Part One: Chapter 1, how did the author get money for her work, and why was that stressful for her?

7. In Part One: Chapter 1, why did the author's mother have to quit college?

8. In Part Two: Chapter 8, how does a barrel cactus survive in the dessert?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jahren’s relationship with her son differed from the relationship with her parents. How did the relationship that Jahren had with her son differ from the relationship she had with her parents? How would you describe the relationship that Jahren had with her son? How did having a son affect Jahren’s life physically and emotionally?

Essay Topic 2

Jahren grew up in a family whose ancestors had emigrated from Norway. What type of culture did Jahren grow up in? How close were family members? How did the culture Jahren was raised in affect her life and personality?

Essay Topic 3

Jahren stated that trees had budgets. In what way did trees have budgets? How did those budgets rule their lives? How did budgets rule Jahren’s life? How did being constrained by budgets affect the lives of trees and Jahren’s life?

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