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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part Three: Chapter 12, how many radish plants had been growing for 21 days?
(a) 80.
(b) 70.
(c) 60.
(d) 90.

2. In Part Three: Chapter 6, where were Jahren and Clint married?
(a) Norway.
(b) Baltimore.
(c) California.
(d) Minnesota.

3. In Part Three: Chapter 14, what tool did Bill and Jahren take from the orchid experiment?
(a) Level.
(b) Cordless drill.
(c) Screwdriver.
(d) Hammer.

4. In Part Two: Chapter 10, where did Jahren get an edema from the poison ivy?
(a) Left calf.
(b) Right temple.
(c) Back.
(d) Shoulder.

5. In Part Three: Chapter 5, what type of flower does Jahren mention can only reproduce with that flower?
(a) Tulip.
(b) Daisy.
(c) Fig.
(d) Olive.

6. In Part Three: Chapter 9, if all the water on Earth was an Olympic-sized swimming pool, what would the amount available to plants be comparable to?
(a) 4 quarts.
(b) 1 gallon.
(c) About 3 12 ounce can of soda.
(d) Less than 1 soda bottle.

7. In Part Three: Chapter 2, where were Jahren and Bill driving from?
(a) Peoria.
(b) Cincinnati.
(c) Ann Arbor.
(d) Indianapolis.

8. In Part Three: Chapter 8, how often would a doctor and group of medical students come to Jahren's room in the maternity ward?
(a) Every couple hours.
(b) About every three hours.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 4 hours.

9. In Part Three: Chapter 5, what percent of pollen produced in the world goes nowhere and fertilizes nothing?
(a) 99.9.
(b) 41.
(c) 63.
(d) 80.

10. In Part Three: Chapter 4, how many people were in Bill and Jahren's group of scientists?
(a) 9.
(b) 13.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

11. In Part Three: Chapter 11, how many months was Bill's salary guaranteed yearly from the University of Hawaii?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.6.
(c) 9.
(d) 7.5.

12. In Part Two: Chapter 12, when would Jahren awaken at 2:30 a.m. and then get agitated because she could not get back to sleep?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1994.

13. At the end of Part Two: Chapter 12, where did Jahrens get jobs for herself and Bill?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Cornell.
(c) Johns Hopkins.
(d) Brown.

14. In Part Three: Chapter 11, when did Jahren and her family move to Hawaii?
(a) 2006.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2007.
(d) 2008.

15. In Part Three: Chapter 8, how much time did Jahren have for her obstetric appointments with her doctor?
(a) 20 minutes.
(b) 12 minutes.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) 15 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Three: Chapter 14, what did Bill take Jahren outside to see?

2. In Part Three: Chapter 10, where did Jahren and her husband go the year her son started school?

3. In Part Three: Chapter 12, how often were photos taken of the radish plants?

4. In Part Three: Chapter 12, during how many of the last years had the level of carbon dioxide increased in Earth's atmosphere?

5. In Part Three: Chapter 4, how far could Jahren see because the air was so clear?

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