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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapman was known to go _______ in all kinds of weather and took it as a matter of pride in his toughness.
(a) Without his hat.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Without a coat.
(d) Barefoot.

2. The apple does not breed simply from seed. Thus all trees that produce the same type of apples are _______ of the original tree.
(a) Roots.
(b) Seeds.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Clones.

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

4. The early colonists to America in addition to bringing grafts also brought apple seeds to plant called ______.
(a) Merrys.
(b) Spots.
(c) Cores.
(d) Pippins.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. ______, which contains a much higher amount of alcohol than hard cider, could be obtained through freezing.

3. Part of the Americanization of the apple had to do with the character of Johnny Appleseed whose real name was ______.

4. The Greeks believed that true beauty was the offspring of form and ecstasy personified in ______ and Apollo.

5. Johnny Appleseed raised ______ for sale and subsequent transplantation.

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the tulip bulb end up coming into Holland, even though it was not a native plant in the area?

2. What is the question which arises in Pollan's mind when he thinks about planting and growing the potatoes?

3. Who are some of the groups which roamed the Ohio lands long before Johnny Appleseed was there?

4. How does Pollan describe the particular patch of garden versus the plants one finds in nature?

5. What happens when a person cuts an apple at its equator with a sharp knife?

6. What is the possible coincidence that Pollan points out between the flowers and their ability to arouse desire in bees?

7. What are some of the effects of the chemicals within plants which begin the argument that plants might be designed to change humans?

8. What are some of the ways in which flowers have been created to attract the attention of humans, according to Pollan?

9. Why does Chapman not want to have anything to do with the grafting of apple trees in order to breed certain strains?

10. What happens as a result of the different environments in which a flower might be able to grow?

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