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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 Johnny Appleseed died in 1845 in _______ Indiana.
(a) Gary.
(b) Ft. Wayne.
(c) Brilliant.
(d) Defiance.

2. Chapman practiced the faith of ______ and was known to launch into sermons when visiting.
(a) Pessimism.
(b) Swedenborgism.
(c) Protestantism.
(d) Catholocism.

3. Until the mid-1970s, most of the marijuana in America was grown in _______ and was often sprayed with a pesticide paraquat.
(a) America.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Canada.
(d) Peru.

4. The books suggests that all of the following are successful defenses plants have adopted except _______.
(a) Repel.
(b) Confound.
(c) Disable.
(d) Death-dealing toxins.

5. In the book, Pollan was almost caught by the police for growing a couple of ______ plants on his property.
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Datura.
(c) Morning glory.
(d) Poppy.

Short Answer Questions

1. The tulip is considered by the author to be the most ______ of flowers, referring especially to the way the flower forces itself out of the ground.

2. Psychoactive drugs serve as bridges between the worlds of matter and spirit, or in modern language _______and consciousness.

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

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.

5. In Holland, between 1634 and 1637, there was a collective frenzy around flowers known as ________.

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