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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 1, how long did Jahren's parents save to buy the house they lived in?
(a) 22 years.
(b) 24 years.
(c) 18 years.
(d) 10 years.

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

3. In Part One: Chapter 1, how much were the mass spectrometers that Jahren had worth?
(a) Half a million dollars.
(b) $100,000.
(c) $250,000.
(d) Quarter of a million dollars.

4. In Part One: Chapter 8, when did Jahren say that the insects that cause Dutch Elm disease came to the U.S.?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1911.

5. In 2009, how long had Jahren been a professor?
(a) 16 years.
(b) 14 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 17 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One: Chapter 4, what type of car did Lydia say that a woman should never buy?

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

3. In Part Two: Chapter 7, how long did Bill's van have to cool down in order to start it?

4. In Part One: Chapter 4, how long did Jahren work in a pharmacy?

5. In Part Two: Chapter 5, how much money does Jahren say was available for curiosity-driven science?

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