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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Since Appleseed raised his trees from seed, most of the fruit was not suitable for _______.
(a) Eating.
(b) Composting.
(c) Selling.
(d) Making cider.

2. In the book, Pollan was almost caught by the police for growing a couple of ______ plants on his property.
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Poppy.
(c) Datura.
(d) Morning glory.

3. _______ or 'white lightning' preceded hard cider as the alcohol containing drink of choice on the frontier.
(a) Rum.
(b) Potato liquor.
(c) Potato vodka.
(d) Corn liquor.

4. Peruvian legend has it that _____ are associated with the discovery of quinine through eating the bark of the cinchona tree.
(a) Pumas.
(b) Toucans.
(c) Macaws.
(d) Jaguars.

5. During the lifetime of Johnny Appleseed, Ohio law required a settler to put out ___ apple or pear trees in order to get a land grant.
(a) 20.
(b) 50.
(c) 40.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. Johnny Appleseed is generally acknowledged as having planted _______ of apple seeds across a wide range of orchards.

2. Chapman planted 'Johnny weed' because he thought that it would prevent the contraction of ______.

3. The fact that apple seeds do not produce a similar apple as the tree they came from is scientifically called ______.

4. Pollan suggests that on a biochemical level, psychoactive plants affect the brain much the way that the following activities except ______ affect it.

5. The book states that Johnny Appleseed died in 1845 in _______ Indiana.

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