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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapman practiced the faith of ______ and was known to launch into sermons when visiting.
(a) Protestantism.
(b) Catholocism.
(c) Swedenborgism.
(d) Pessimism.

2. ______ orchard has become a kind of museum for several different apple species dedicated to maintaining the diversity.
(a) Ohio.
(b) Geneva.
(c) Indiana.
(d) Mansfied.

3. Chapman was credited for introducing 'Johnny weed' or ________, to the state of Ohio.
(a) Stinking fennel.
(b) Mayweed.
(c) Sweet fennel.
(d) Wormwood.

4. Almost all apples grown for eating are cultivars, meaning that they are ______.
(a) Cuttings.
(b) Special seeds.
(c) Hydroponically grown.
(d) Planted into the soil.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Apple trees are able to reproduce _______ which helps to facilitate their ability to be grafted to a root stock.

2. Appleseed had originally come west from the state of _____ when he was 23 years old.

3. Part of the Americanization of the apple had to do with the character of Johnny Appleseed whose real name was ______.

4. Apples were the only avenue early settlers had for obtaining ______, which the Native Americans obtained from Maples.

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

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