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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ______ is the most widely cultivated fruit and has been put into religious stories including that of Adam and Eve.
(a) Potato.
(b) Peach.
(c) Banana.
(d) Apple.

2. The apple does not breed simply from seed. Thus all trees that produce the same type of apples are _______ of the original tree.
(a) Seeds.
(b) Clones.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Roots.

3. Chapman planted 'Johnny weed' because he thought that it would prevent the contraction of ______.
(a) Malaria.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Polio.
(d) Hayfever.

4. The _____ was linked to the corruption of the Catholic church, while the apple was linked with wholesome Protestantism.
(a) Fig.
(b) Grape.
(c) Banana.
(d) Peach.

5. The Native Americans that knew Chapman considered him to be a brilliant woodsman and ______.
(a) Guide.
(b) Hunter.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Medicine man.

Short Answer Questions

1. The plants that have contributed to the shaping of human existence include all of the following except _______.

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

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

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

5. _______ or 'white lightning' preceded hard cider as the alcohol containing drink of choice on the frontier.

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