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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, how old did Jahren say that Claude was when he arrived at the blood bank?

2. In Part Two: Chapter 2, how many McDonald's cheeseburgers did Bill buy when they were 25 cents a piece?

3. In Part One: Chapter 6, for how many weeks did Jahren and her students dig five to seven holes a day and stoop over them for hours?

4. In Part Two: Chapter 4, how much did Bill and Jahren pay to get their group into Monkey Jungle?

5. In Part Two: Chapter 8, how old is a barrel cactus be that is tall enough to touch your knee?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 7, what did Jahren say that the job of leaves was, and what was the process used for that job?

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

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

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

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

6. In Part One: Chapter 2, what was the author's favorite childhood tree, and how did it die?

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

8. In Part Two: Chapter 5, what does Jahren say that a science professor did and did not worry about?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jahren made a discovery when she was working on her dissertation. What discovery did Jahren make? How did the discovery affect Jahren and validate her as a scientist?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Jahren discussed plant and human reproduction. What did she communicate about the possibilities and price of reproduction for plants and for humans?

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