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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Red and Golden are two forms of North American cultivars of this particular type of apple ______.
(a) Amazing.
(b) Delicious.
(c) Juicy.
(d) Tasty.

3. Teaching men how to ferment the juice of the grape, ______ had brought civilization the gift of wine.
(a) Dionysus.
(b) Venus.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Zeus.

4. Part of the Americanization of the apple had to do with the character of Johnny Appleseed whose real name was ______.
(a) John Chapman.
(b) John Calhoun.
(c) William Jones.
(d) Phil Forsline.

5. Flowers have been given the ability to attract other species using a variety of senses except ______.
(a) Visual.
(b) Tactile.
(c) Olfactory.
(d) Auditory.

6. Flowers are unable to choose ______ and therefore must rely on extravagant displays to attract insects.
(a) Mates.
(b) Climate.
(c) Soil.
(d) Weather.

7. The process of trying to impersonate other plants or animals in order to attract or repel is called ______.
(a) Chemical signaling.
(b) Tropism.
(c) Flattery.
(d) Mimicry.

8. Johnny Appleseed was famous or infamous for wearing a _______ around wherever he went.
(a) Pair of overalls.
(b) Fedora.
(c) Coffee sack.
(d) Wool coat.

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

10. The Greeks believed that true beauty was the offspring of form and ecstasy personified in ______ and Apollo.
(a) Venus.
(b) Pan.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Dionysus.

11. _______ is the tulip grower's term for the phenomenon that causes certain flowers in a field to revert to the form and color of their parent.
(a) Metamorphosis.
(b) Tropism.
(c) Thievery.
(d) Telekinesis.

12. The "broken tulip" was eventually found to be caused by ______ which was discovered with the invention of the electron microscope.
(a) A virus.
(b) A mold.
(c) A frost.
(d) A bacterium.

13. Johnny Appleseed was known to use a _________ in order to transport his seeds across the water.
(a) Single-hulled canoe.
(b) Mule.
(c) Row boat.
(d) Two-hulled canoe.

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

15. According to the book, the plants that form flowers and then encased seeds are known as ______.
(a) Conifers.
(b) Angiosperms.
(c) Echinoderms.
(d) Gymnosperms.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Pollan refers to the _____ as the gothic femme fatale in the masculine world of tulips.

3. The book compares tulips in fields to ______ or lipsticks, merely flashes of bright color on the horizon.

4. The apple is presented in this book as strongly appealing to humanity's desire for _______.

5. The book suggests that colors and symmetries are elemental principles of ______.

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