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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 8, what did Jahren say was Clint's mother's occupation?
(a) Neurologist.
(b) Obstetrician.
(c) Surgeon.
(d) Obstetrician.

2. In Part Three: Chapter 8, what was the name of head of Jahren's department?
(a) Wyatt.
(b) Walter.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Richard.

3. In Part Three: Chapter 10, when were the seeds collected that Jahren used to test tree memory?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1950.

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

5. In Part Three: Chapter 5, how much pollen is necessary to fertilize an ovum and develop into a seed?
(a) 1 grain.
(b) 3 grains.
(c) 11 grains.
(d) 4 grains.

6. In Part Three: Chapter 10, how many spruce seeds would Jahren use to test tree memory?
(a) 125.
(b) 55.
(c) 100.
(d) 75.

7. In Part Three: Chapter 14, what did Bill take Jahren outside to see?
(a) Double rainbow.
(b) Sun dog.
(c) Lenticular clouds.
(d) Altocumulus clouds.

8. In Part Three: Chapter 10, which of Bill's relatives died?
(a) Grandfather.
(b) Mother.
(c) Grandmother.
(d) Father.

9. 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) 1997.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1994.

10. In Part Three: Chapter 12, what was the name of Jahren's dog?
(a) Reba.
(b) Coco.
(c) Petra.
(d) Fish.

11. In Part Three: Chapter 6, what did Jahren plan to name a horse if she ever had one?
(a) Flossie.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Mags.
(d) Chestnut.

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

13. In Part Three: Chapter 4, where were Bill and Jahren spending the summer?
(a) Oregon.
(b) Washington.
(c) Canada.
(d) Alaska.

14. In Part Three: Chapter 10, when did Jahren win the Macelwane Medal of the American Geophysical Union?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2006.
(c) 1996.
(d) 2001.

15. In the Epilogue, how many stumps have been created since 1990?
(a) 3 million.
(b) 8 billion.
(c) 11 billion.
(d) 5 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Three: Chapter 4, what animal did Bill and Jahren see?

2. In Part Three: Chapter 2, what was the name of the guy who custom-made most of the instruments in Ed's lab?

3. In Part Three: Chapter 10, what tree did Jahren's son spend 30 minutes daily hitting it with a baseball bat?

4. In Part Three: Chapter 5, what type of flower does Jahren mention can only reproduce with that flower?

5. How long did it take a huge team of students to harvest the sweet potatoes for the experiment in Part Three: Chapter 14?

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