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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The book states that Johnny Appleseed died in 1845 in _______ Indiana.
(a) Gary.
(b) Ft. Wayne.
(c) Defiance.
(d) Brilliant.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Probably as a defense to discourage animals from biting into them, apple seeds contain a small amount of _______.

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

3. Chapman practiced the faith of ______ and was known to launch into sermons when visiting.

4. Johnny Appleseed was known to use a _________ in order to transport his seeds across the water.

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

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