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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 2, what type of tree did the author remember from her childhood?
2. What did Jahren discover that the powder from ground hackberry was in Part One: Chapter 8?
3. In Part Two: Chapter 4, what type of monkeys groomed each other at the Monkey Jungle?
4. In Part One: Chapter 6, when did Jahren become the graduate student assistant instructor in the Central Valley of California?
5. How tall will hackberry trees grow to be?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the author describe where she and her family lived in Part One: Chapter 1?
2. In Part One: Chapter 8, what did Jahren explain about the hackberry tree?
3. In Part One: Chapter 10, what did the lab look like that Jahren had in Atlanta?
4. In Part Two: Chapter 6, what does Jahren say about vines?
5. In Part One: Chapter 1, why did the author's mother have to quit college?
6. In Part One: Chapter 1, what did the author's father do and for how long?
7. In Part One: Chapter 9, how did Jahrens reveal that stems functioned?
8. In Part One: Chapter 9, how often would trees lose a limb?
9. In Part Two: Chapter 8, how does a barrel cactus survive in the dessert?
10. In Part Two: Chapter 5, what does Jahren say about a tree's budget?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
On a field trip, Jahren, Bill, and her students visited Monkey Jungle. What did Jahren feel about the animals there? What was communicated about animals and captivity through the visit?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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