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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Jahren was an undergraduate at the University of Minnesota, how many jobs did she hold in Part One: Chapter 4?
(a) 10.
(b) 2.
(c) 14.
(d) 5.

2. In Part Two: Chapter 2, who did Bill and Jahren run gas samples for?
(a) Professor of Physics.
(b) Head graduate student.
(c) Professor of Chemistry.
(d) A group of graduate students.

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

4. In Part One: Chapter 10, how large was Jahren's lab?
(a) About 1,000 square feet.
(b) About 800 square feet.
(c) About 600 square feet.
(d) About 1,500 square feet.

5. In Part One: Chapter 6, when did Jahren become the graduate student assistant instructor in the Central Valley of California?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1994.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Two: Chapter 4, where would Bill sometimes give a monologue describing new colors found in soil?

2. In Part Two: Chapter 2, how much would the analyses that Bill and Jahren did for free have cost if ordered commercially?

3. In Part One: Chapter 1, where did Jahren's great-grandparents come from?

4. In Part Two: Chapter 4, how much did Bill and Jahren pay to get their group into Monkey Jungle?

5. In Part One: Chapter 4, how long had Lydia been working 60 hours a week?

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