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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 2, to what temperature can pure water be "super-colled" (192) and still remain an ice-free liquid?

2. In Part Three: Chapter 2, where were Jahren and Bill driving from?

3. In the Epilogue, how many stumps have been created since 1990?

4. In Part Three: Chapter 8, what did Jahren say was Clint's mother's occupation?

5. In Part Three: Chapter 6, what was Clint's field of study?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part Three: Chapter 7, what type of growth curve did scientists discover in 1879 that corn had?

2. In Part Three: Chapter 2, who was Ed and what did he study?

3. In Part Three: Chapter 3, what is hardening?

4. In Part Three: Chapter 12, what is unusual about C-6?

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

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

7. In Part Three: Chapter 1, what does Jahren say about Baltimore and trees?

8. In Part Three: Chapter 4, where were Bill and Jahren spending the summer?

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

10. In Part Three: Chapter 9, what does Jahren say about cells and water?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jahren used analogies frequently to help readers understand concepts. Analyze how Jahren used analogies to explain the unfamiliar to readers. How did the analogies help readers understand difficult concepts?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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