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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Appleseed was able to compete with other apple cultivar sales because his trees were ______.
(a) Low quality.
(b) Cheap.
(c) Easily accessible.
(d) High quality.

3. One winter, Appleseed set up a house in a _______ outside Defiance, Ohio where he operated a pair of nurseries.
(a) Hollowed-out sycamore stump.
(b) Log cabin.
(c) Swamp.
(d) Airplane hanger.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Johnny Appleseed was known for introducing the apple to the following states except _____.

4. Since Appleseed raised his trees from seed, most of the fruit was not suitable for _______.

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

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