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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ralph Waldo Emerson, who knew a thing or two about natural history, called the apple, _______
(a) The best treat.
(b) A feeling of home.
(c) The Canadian fruit.
(d) The American fruit.

2. The number of leaves that are only a tulip are typically _______. With the "turban" top, this gives them the suggesting of a human body.
(a) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

3. Since Appleseed raised his trees from seed, most of the fruit was not suitable for _______.
(a) Making cider.
(b) Composting.
(c) Selling.
(d) Eating.

4. Johnny Appleseed is generally acknowledged as having planted _______ of apple seeds across a wide range of orchards.
(a) Hundreds of thousands.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) Tens of thousands.
(d) Thousands.

5. The plants that form flowers and encased seeds began to emerge on the earth during the _______ period.
(a) Vegetative.
(b) Cretaceous.
(c) Triassic.
(d) Jurassic.

Short Answer Questions

1. The book states that all of the following are capable of prodigies or of shifting themselves in form except _______.

2. The color of a tulip is always composed of _____ hues one of which is a base color that is always yellow or white.

3. The tulip that Pollan has on his desk, a Queen of Night, has no ______, which he indicates is because it is meant to be visual.

4. The concept of the apple being a healthy and wholesome fruit was dreamed up to fight the negative image from ______.

5. The book states that almost all cultures around the world love flowers with the notable exception of _______.

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