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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, how long does Jahren say that some trees endure frozen weather every year?

2. In Part Three: Chapter 6, where were Jahren and Clint married?

3. In Part Two: Chapter 10, how long did Jahren think it would take to drive to California?

4. In Part Three: Chapter 1, what city does Jahren say is the most tree-impoverished city on the East Coast?

5. In Part Three, Chapter 12, what time did Jahren get to the lab?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Part 3: Chapter 14, how had Jahren's work routine changed?

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

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

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

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

8. In Part Three: Chapter 2, what did Ed give Jahren?

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

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

On a field trip, Jahren, Bill, and her students visited Monkey Jungle. What did Jahren feel about the animals there? What was communicated about animals and captivity through the visit?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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