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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1812, Chapman ran thirty miles to warn settlers of the approach of troops, a feat known as _______.
(a) The barefoot run.
(b) The coffee sack run.
(c) The thirty mile run.
(d) The apple run.

2. Apples were the only avenue early settlers had for obtaining ______, which the Native Americans obtained from Maples.
(a) Sugar.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Vitamin D.
(d) Water.

3. Chapman is known to have floated one hundred miles down the Allegheny river on _______, fast asleep.
(a) A canoe.
(b) A raft.
(c) A block of ice.
(d) A log.

4. Appleseed had originally come west from the state of _____ when he was 23 years old.
(a) Maine.
(b) New York.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) Massachusetts.

5. Pollan asserts that due to the use of apple grafts from one generation to the next, the apple population has been made____.
(a) Strong.
(b) More nutritious.
(c) Weak.
(d) More wholesome.

Short Answer Questions

1. Almost all apples grown for eating are cultivars, meaning that they are ______.

2. According to the book, there are ______ plants that have shaped human existence at least as much as human's have affected these plants.

3. Appleseed was able to compete with other apple cultivar sales because his trees were ______.

4. Appleseed used most of his crops in order to make ______, which led him to be thought of as an 'American Dionysus.'

5. Ralph Waldo Emerson, who knew a thing or two about natural history, called the apple, _______

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