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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 was the Alaska Purchase?

2. In Part Three: Chapter 8, who did Jahren and Clint ride up the elevator to the maternity ward with?

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

4. In Part Three: Chapter 10, where did Jahren tell Bill to meet her?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In Part Two: Chapter 10, how did Jahren get poison ivy, and what were the side effects?

7. In Part Three: Chapter 4, what were Bill and Jahren studying?

8. In Part Two: Chapter 9, how does Jahren describe full-blown mania?

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

10. In Part Three: Chapter 5, how does Jahren explain that some trees spread their pollen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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