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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In an attempt to look like decaying meat, a ______ plant has red and white striated coloring and a rancid smell.
(a) Orchid.
(b) Catcher.
(c) Pitcher.
(d) Fly trap.

2. Johnny Appleseed raised ______ for sale and subsequent transplantation.
(a) Apple clones.
(b) Apple cuttings.
(c) Apple seeds.
(d) Apple trees.

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

4. The book states that beauty in nature is often linked with ______ as evidenced by a bird's plumage.
(a) Territory.
(b) Aggression.
(c) Sex.
(d) Food.

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

6. The color of a tulip is always composed of _____ hues one of which is a base color that is always yellow or white.
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

7. The book states that certain flowers are reminiscent of Greek Gods. The rose and the peony are stated to be flowers of ______.
(a) Dionysus.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Venus.
(d) Apollo.

8. 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) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

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

10. The book states that before the evolution of flowers, life existed in a much _______ world.
(a) More beautiful.
(b) More complicated.
(c) Faster.
(d) Simpler.

11. Michael Pollen compares Chapman to the Greek mythological figures _______.
(a) Satyrs.
(b) Nymphs.
(c) Dryads.
(d) Centaurs.

12. Pollan asserts that due to the use of apple grafts from one generation to the next, the apple population has been made____.
(a) Strong.
(b) More nutritious.
(c) Weak.
(d) More wholesome.

13. The plants that have contributed to the shaping of human existence include all of the following except _______.
(a) Apple.
(b) Potato.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Rose.

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

15. Johnny Appleseed was known for introducing the apple to the following states except _____.
(a) Michigan.
(b) Indiana.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Illinois.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ralph Waldo Emerson, who knew a thing or two about natural history, called the apple, _______

2. The opposite condition to the collective flower frenzy in which a person's depression keeps them from enjoying flowers is ______.

3. Johnny Appleseed is generally acknowledged as having planted _______ of apple seeds across a wide range of orchards.

4. The fact that apple seeds do not produce a similar apple as the tree they came from is scientifically called ______.

5. In 1812, Chapman ran thirty miles to warn settlers of the approach of troops, a feat known as _______.

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