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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part Two: Chapter 4, when did Bill and Jahren take a group of five students to learn to characterize and map soil?
(a) Summer 1997.
(b) Fall 1997.
(c) Winter 1997.
(d) Spring 1997.

2. In Part One: Chapter 8, in 1995, where did Jahren study hackberry trees?
(a) Colorado.
(b) Iowa.
(c) Nebraska.
(d) Kansas.

3. In Part Two: Chapter 7, what color was Bill's hair?
(a) Salt and pepper.
(b) Brown.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

4. In Part One: Chapter 9, how long can the stem of a tree be?
(a) 75 feet.
(b) 100 yards.
(c) 50 feet.
(d) 200 yards.

5. In Part One: Chapter 4, what days of the week would psychiatric patients have ECT therapy?
(a) Tuesdays and Thursday.
(b) Wednesdays and Fridays.
(c) Mondays and Fridays.
(d) Mondays and Wednesdays.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Two: Chapter 10, how long did Jahren think it would take to drive to California?

2. In Part Two: Chapter 1, how long will it take a tree to lose all of its leaves?

3. In Part Two: Chapter 7, what was the name of an undergraduate lab assistant to worked for a summer at the Miami zoo?

4. In Part Two: Chapter 1, in the South, when will leaves begin to grow?

5. In Part Two: Chapter 6, when did the vine kudzu arrive in Philadelphia?

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