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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The apple was first introduced to North America with the initial waves of the ______ immigration.
(a) Mexican.
(b) Canadian.
(c) European.
(d) Middle Eastern.

4. 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 wholesome.
(c) More nutritious.
(d) Weak.

5. Ralph Waldo Emerson, who knew a thing or two about natural history, called the apple, _______
(a) The Canadian fruit.
(b) A feeling of home.
(c) The American fruit.
(d) The best treat.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1812, Chapman ran thirty miles to warn settlers of the approach of troops, a feat known as _______.

2. The concept of the apple being a healthy and wholesome fruit was dreamed up to fight the negative image from ______.

3. The _____ was linked to the corruption of the Catholic church, while the apple was linked with wholesome Protestantism.

4. ________ was an American Pioneer and introduced the apple in the Midwestern United States.

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

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