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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part Three: Chapter 12, what did Jahren's son say he was going to be when he grew up?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Football player.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Major-league baseball player.

2. In Part Two: Chapter 7, how long was Jahren's commute from the place she rented to the university?
(a) 20 minutes.
(b) 55 minutes.
(c) 45 minutes.
(d) 35 minutes.

3. What did Jahren discover that the powder from ground hackberry was in Part One: Chapter 8?
(a) Moldavite.
(b) Pumice.
(c) Opal.
(d) Obsidian.

4. In Part Two: Chapter 7, where did Bill hide his hair when he cut it off?
(a) Coffee can.
(b) In a drawer in the lab.
(c) Sweet gum tree.
(d) Under the driver's seat of his van.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Three: Chapter 6, where were Jahren and Clint married?

2. In Part Three: Chapter 10, how many hours did Jahren and Bill spend collecting moss samples in Ireland?

3. In Part One: Chapter 1, how long did Jahren's parents save to buy the house they lived in?

4. In Part Three: Chapter 1, what city does Jahren say is the most tree-impoverished city on the East Coast?

5. In Part Three: Chapter 4, how many weeks did Jahren, Bill, and the paleontologists spend exhuming fossil trees?

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