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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Johnny Appleseed raised ______ for sale and subsequent transplantation.
(a) Apple cuttings.
(b) Apple clones.
(c) Apple seeds.
(d) Apple trees.

4. Appleseed had originally come west from the state of _____ when he was 23 years old.
(a) Maine.
(b) New Hampshire.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) New York.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapman is known to have floated one hundred miles down the Allegheny river on _______, fast asleep.

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

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

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

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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