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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 Three: Chapter 12, what did Jahren's son say he was going to be when he grew up?

2. In Part Three: Chapter 4, how many weeks did Jahren, Bill, and the paleontologists spend exhuming fossil trees?

3. In Part Three: Chapter 8, what was the name of head of Jahren's department?

4. When was the Alaska Purchase?

5. In Part Two: Chapter 12, when would Jahren awaken at 2:30 a.m. and then get agitated because she could not get back to sleep?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part Three: Chapter 10, how would Jahren and BIll test new recruits to see if they would work out in the lab?

2. In Part Three: Chapter 12, what did Jahren do after putting her son to bed?

3. In Part Three: Chapter 6, how did Jahren and Clint meet and start dating?

4. In the Epilogue, what is Jahren's personal request to the reader?

5. In Part Three: Chapter 13, what demands does Jahren say that a tree has?

6. In Part Two: Chapter 10, what was Sitka known for?

7. In Part Two: Chapter 11, what was the war between plants and insects that occurred in Washington in 1977 and what was the outcome?

8. In Part Two: Chapter 12, where was Jahren headed at the end of the chapter and with what?

9. In Part Three: Chapter 6, what was Clint's occupation, and how did he do his work?

10. In Part Two: Chapter 10, what did the van look like after it was wrecked during the trip to a conference in California?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bill had followed Jahren from lab to lab. What type of person is Bill? What type of relationship do he and Jahren have? Why is Bill important to Jahren’s work?

Essay Topic 2

Jahren suffered from mental illness. How did Jahren first try to deal with her mania? How did the mania negatively influence her life? How did she get help? What was communicated about mental illness and how it affected everyday life?

Essay Topic 3

In the early years, Jahren struggled to gain respect from her peers. Why was Jahren not respected as a scientist? How did being a woman affect the respect she received? How did the lack of respect affect her ability to get grants and do her research? How did she finally gain respect?

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