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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 10, what did Jahren hit when she was driving?
(a) Streetlight.
(b) Traffic sign.
(c) Traffic signal.
(d) Postal box.

2. In Part Three: Chapter 10, how old was Bill's father when he died?
(a) 68.
(b) 89.
(c) 76.
(d) 95.

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

4. In Part Three: Chapter 1, what city does Jahren say is the most tree-impoverished city on the East Coast?
(a) Baltimore.
(b) Boston.
(c) Bar Harbor.
(d) New York.

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

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

7. In Part Three: Chapter 2, how much did Ed's old mass spectrometer probably weigh?
(a) 700 pounds.
(b) 1,200 pounds.
(c) About 500 pounds.
(d) At least a ton.

8. In Part Two: Chapter 10, how many times had Jahren already traveled the same places and run into poison ivy?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

9. When was the Alaska Purchase?
(a) 1867.
(b) 1864.
(c) 1873.
(d) 1881.

10. In Part Three: Chapter 5, how does Jahren say that Magnolia, maple, dogwood, willow, cherry, and apple trees spread pollen?
(a) Birds.
(b) Wind.
(c) Flies and beetles.
(d) Bees.

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

12. In Part Three: Chapter 9, what percent of trees that make it to their first birthday will not make it to their second?
(a) 40.
(b) 65.
(c) 80.
(d) 95.

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

14. In Part Three: Chapter 8, what did Jahren throw when she was told she could no longer go to her lab while she was on medical leave?
(a) Coffee cup.
(b) Pencils and pens.
(c) Book.
(d) Paperweight.

15. In Part Two: Chapter 10, who was driving when there was an accident with the van?
(a) Jahren.
(b) Noah.
(c) Bill.
(d) Teri.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Part Three: Chapter 7, what plant has a lazy-S development?

3. In Part Three: Chapter 2, where were Jahren and Bill driving from?

4. In Part Three: Chapter 12, how long did Bill curl up under his desk when he had a migraine?

5. In Part Three: Chapter 9, how much earlier do seeds from trees in cold climates set buds?

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