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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. In Part Two: Chapter 7, what color was Bill's hair?
3. In Part One: Chapter 8, in 1995, where did Jahren study hackberry trees?
4. In Part One: Chapter 10, what did Jahren do after exploding glass?
5. In Part Two: Chapter 7, what was the name of an undergraduate lab assistant to worked for a summer at the Miami zoo?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part One: Chapter 8, what did Jahren say about becoming a scientist and being a scientist?
2. In Part Two: Chapter 4, how did Bill and Jahren decide to teach their soil class?
3. In Part One: Chapter 8, how did Jahren feel when she discovered what the seed of a hackberry was comprised of?
4. In Part One: Chapter 9, how often would trees lose a limb?
5. In Part One: Chapter 3, what did the author say about seeds?
6. In Part Two: Chapter 2, how did Jahren hope to get a new air compressor?
7. How did the author describe where she and her family lived in Part One: Chapter 1?
8. In Part Two: Chapter 7, what were the pecularities of Bill's van?
9. In Part Two: Chapter 5, what does Jahren say that a science professor did and did not worry about?
10. In Part One: Chapter 1, what did the author's father do and for how long?
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 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 wanted to be a scientist. Why did Jahren want to be a scientist? What did being a scientist mean to her?
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