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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How tall will hackberry trees grow to be?
(a) 40 feet tall.
(b) 60 feet tall.
(c) 30 feet tall.
(d) 25 feet tall.

3. In Part One: Chapter 10, how long did Jahren spend on her Ph.D?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 4 years.

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

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

6. In Part Two: Chapter 7, what type of vehicle did Jahren purchase when a "check engine" (131) light came on in the first car she ever owned?
(a) Subaru.
(b) Ford.
(c) Chevy.
(d) Jeep.

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

8. In Part Two: Chapter 3, what is the biggest enemy of plants?
(a) Fire.
(b) Man.
(c) Fungi.
(d) Insects.

9. In Part One: Chapter 10, where did Jahren get a job after receiving her PhD?
(a) University of Colorado.
(b) University of Michigan.
(c) University of Iowa.
(d) Georgia Tech.

10. In Part Two: Chapter 1, how much did income tax collected increase in Georgia between the years 1990 and 2000?
(a) Tripled.
(b) 5%.
(c) Doubled.
(d) 40%

11. In Part One: Chapter 8, when did Jahren ask to access the x-ray diffraction lab?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1996.

12. In Part Two: Chapter 6, how long can a kudzu vine grow?
(a) 100 feet.
(b) 60 feet.
(c) 210 feet.
(d) 80 feet.

13. 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) Spring 1997.
(c) Fall 1997.
(d) Winter 1997.

14. In Part One: Chapter 8, how many seeds does a hackberry tree produce in its lifetime?
(a) Hundreds of thousands.
(b) Millions.
(c) Several million.
(d) Thousands.

15. In Part One: Chapter 4, how much blood did Claude have to dispose of at the end of his shift?
(a) 6-7 gallons.
(b) 4-5 pints.
(c) Gallons and gallons.
(d) A few pints.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Prologue, how many times more life is on land than was in the ocean?

2. In Part Two: Chapter 5, how often must an academic scientist solicit a new contract with the federal government?

3. In The Prologue, how much of the land on Earth used to be covered in forest?

4. In Part One: Chapter 6, when did Jahren become the graduate student assistant instructor in the Central Valley of California?

5. In Part Two: Chapter 2, where did Bill and Jahren get old camping equipment for the lab?

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