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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 Two: Chapter 2, what type of dog did Jahren have?

2. In Part One: Chapter 8, when did Jahren ask to access the x-ray diffraction lab?

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

4. In Part One: Chapter 8, how many hours was Bill paid to work in Jahren's advisor's laboratory?

5. In Part Two: Chapter 5, during what months would a deciduous grow a canopy of leaves?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Part One: Chapter 6, when and how did Bill live in a hole?

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

4. In Part Two: Chapter 6, what does Jahren say about vines?

5. In Part Two: Chapter 2, how did Jahren hope to get a new air compressor?

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

7. In Part Two: Chapter 1, how does Jahren describe summers and winters in the South?

8. In Part One: Chapter 3, what did the author say about seeds?

9. In Part One: Chapter 10, what did the lab look like that Jahren had in Atlanta?

10. In Part Two: Chapter 3, what symbiotic relationship do some trees and fungi have?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Jahren wrote her story from a first-person point of view. How does the use of the first-person point of view help readers identify and empathize with Jahren? How does the point of view affect what readers know about and think of Jahren?

Essay Topic 3

Jahren used personification in the novel, especially when referring to plants. How did Jahren use personification when describing plants? How did the use of personification help readers identify with plants and eliminate any distance between the topic and readers?

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