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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. ______ is a sign of health in creatures since mutations and disease can easily disrupt it.
(a) Asymmetry.
(b) Color.
(c) Symmetry.
(d) Size.

2. ________ was an American Pioneer and introduced the apple in the Midwestern United States.
(a) William Jones.
(b) John Calhoun.
(c) John Chapman.
(d) Phil Forsline.

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

4. One winter, Appleseed set up a house in a _______ outside Defiance, Ohio where he operated a pair of nurseries.
(a) Airplane hanger.
(b) Hollowed-out sycamore stump.
(c) Swamp.
(d) Log cabin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. ______ is the unit of money used in Holland. After 1635, the price of a bulb of Switzers went from 60 to 1500.

2. Michael Pollen compares Chapman to the Greek mythological figures _______.

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

4. Teaching men how to ferment the juice of the grape, ______ had brought civilization the gift of wine.

5. Apple trees are able to reproduce _______ which helps to facilitate their ability to be grafted to a root stock.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Pollan plant tulip bulbs when he was a child, according to his own reflections?

3. Why does Pollan says that he thinks tulips really were flowers which were designed for children?

4. Why might it be possible to say that the plants are more evolved than humans are at this point in time?

5. What does Pollan say about colors that are seen by children, as opposed to colors seen by adults?

6. What happens when a person plants the seed of an apple tree into the ground? Will the resulting tree produce the same apples?

7. What does the presence of flowers tend to tell a person about the area in which they are walking or traveling?

8. What are the four important classes of domesticated plants which influenced the way in which Pollan chose the plants for the book?

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

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

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