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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Clusius brought tulips with him to Leiden garden where they eventually ______ due to their rareness.
(a) Were given as gifts.
(b) Were sold.
(c) Were stolen.
(d) Died.

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

3. ______ is the most widely cultivated fruit and has been put into religious stories including that of Adam and Eve.
(a) Apple.
(b) Potato.
(c) Banana.
(d) Peach.

4. Apples were the only avenue early settlers had for obtaining ______, which the Native Americans obtained from Maples.
(a) Water.
(b) Vitamin D.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Leaves.

5. 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 Temperance Union.
(b) The Women's Christian Plant Union.
(c) The Women's Christian Abstinence Union.
(d) The Women's Christian Union.

6. The book states that the devotion to flowers had remnants of _____ nature worship that threatened Judeo-Christian faiths.
(a) Swedenborgian.
(b) Pagan.
(c) Islamic.
(d) Lutheran.

7. The apple is presented in this book as strongly appealing to humanity's desire for _______.
(a) Sweetness.
(b) Tartness.
(c) The perfect fruit.
(d) Love.

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

9. Instead of wind and water moving genetic material around, the emerging plants were now enlisting the help of ______.
(a) Bacteria.
(b) Mold.
(c) Viruses.
(d) Animals.

10. When a buyer of tulips finished the sale, they were required to pay "wijnkoopsgeld" or ______ money.
(a) Wine.
(b) Bulb.
(c) Beer.
(d) Breeding.

11. According to the book, there are ______ plants that have shaped human existence at least as much as human's have affected these plants.
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

12. Fortius, a professor, could be seen patrolling the streets of the city, ______ any tulip that he encountered.
(a) Praising.
(b) Digging up.
(c) Picking.
(d) Beating.

13. _______ or 'white lightning' preceded hard cider as the alcohol containing drink of choice on the frontier.
(a) Corn liquor.
(b) Rum.
(c) Potato vodka.
(d) Potato liquor.

14. The book compares tulips in fields to ______ or lipsticks, merely flashes of bright color on the horizon.
(a) Eyeliner.
(b) Lollipops.
(c) Paintbrushes.
(d) Popsickles.

15. In 1812, Chapman ran thirty miles to warn settlers of the approach of troops, a feat known as _______.
(a) The thirty mile run.
(b) The barefoot run.
(c) The apple run.
(d) The coffee sack run.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Johnny Appleseed was opposed to using _____ in order to grow trees and preferred planting seeds.

3. Appleseed had originally come west from the state of _____ when he was 23 years old.

4. The book states that Johnny Appleseed died in 1845 in _______ Indiana.

5. One winter, Appleseed set up a house in a _______ outside Defiance, Ohio where he operated a pair of nurseries.

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