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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The book states that almost all cultures around the world love flowers with the notable exception of _______.
(a) Asia.
(b) Canada.
(c) Australia.
(d) Africa.

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

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

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

5. The Native Americans that knew Chapman considered him to be a brilliant woodsman and ______.
(a) Hunter.
(b) Guide.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Medicine man.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the book, some of the most bitter and "bad" plants are the ones that contain the most powerful _______.

2. Peruvian legend has it that _____ are associated with the discovery of quinine through eating the bark of the cinchona tree.

3. Almost all apples grown for eating are cultivars, meaning that they are ______.

4. The book states that although marijuana cultivation is driven to some extent by money, the underlying principle is that of ______.

5. The book suggests that the decisions that a culture makes in which plants drugs to promote or prohibit help to ______.

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