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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before flowers, sexual reproduction consisted of _____ being dispersed by the wind to be caught by other plants.
(a) Stamens.
(b) Pistils.
(c) Petals.
(d) Pollen.

2. Pigeons are associated with the discovery of ______ because of their spacing out behavior after eating the seeds.
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Cannabis.
(c) Mistletoe.
(d) Datura.

3. The concept of the apple being a healthy and wholesome fruit was dreamed up to fight the negative image from ______.
(a) The Women's Christian Union.
(b) The Women's Christian Plant Union.
(c) The Women's Christian Abstinence Union.
(d) The Women's Christian Temperance Union.

4. During the lifetime of Johnny Appleseed, Ohio law required a settler to put out ___ apple or pear trees in order to get a land grant.
(a) 20.
(b) 50.
(c) 40.
(d) 30.

5. The book states that Johnny Appleseed died in 1845 in _______ Indiana.
(a) Ft. Wayne.
(b) Defiance.
(c) Brilliant.
(d) Gary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Instead of wind and water moving genetic material around, the emerging plants were now enlisting the help of ______.

2. The book states that the effect of making pot illegal was that the counterculture engaged in _______the plant.

3. The consensus in Holland was that the tulip ______ was the most beautiful flower in the world and a masterpiece.

4. The arts of _______ are how plants have explored their ingenuity applied to learning and adapting.

5. Pollan asserts that even though daffodils came early in the season, _______ is not a true color for a child.

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