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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Apple trees are able to reproduce _______ which helps to facilitate their ability to be grafted to a root stock.
(a) Asexually.
(b) Daily.
(c) Sexually.
(d) Periodically.

2. According to the book, there are ______ plants that have shaped human existence at least as much as human's have affected these plants.
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

3. Johnny Appleseed was opposed to using _____ in order to grow trees and preferred planting seeds.
(a) Cuttings.
(b) Roots.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Genetic engineering.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the book, Johnny Appleseed was called a benign _________ of the American Fronteir.

2. The process through which humans and plants have shaped each other over the years is known as _______.

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

4. The domestic apple is thought to have derived from a species that originally came from the country ______.

5. Chapman was known to go _______ in all kinds of weather and took it as a matter of pride in his toughness.

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