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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 was the name of head of Jahren's department?
(a) Walter.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Wyatt.
(d) Richard.

2. In Part Two: Chapter 9, what year did Jahren want to go back to at the end of the chapter?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1997.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1995.

3. In Part Three: Chapter 8, what did Jahren say was Clint's mother's occupation?
(a) Obstetrician.
(b) Neurologist.
(c) Obstetrician.
(d) Surgeon.

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

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

6. In Part Two: Chapter 11, when was there a war between species in Sitka, Alaska?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1990s.
(d) 1980s.

7. In Part Three: Chapter 14, until when did Bill and Jahren have funding?
(a) Summer 2016.
(b) Spring 2016.
(c) Winter 2016.
(d) Fall 2016.

8. In Part Three: Chapter 9, how many days would it take to drive from Miami to Los Angeles on Interstate 10?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

9. In Part Three: Chapter 2, how long does Jahren say that some trees endure frozen weather every year?
(a) Up to 6 months.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 5 months.
(d) Around 3 months.

10. In Part Two: Chapter 10, where was Jahren traveling when she ran into poison ivy?
(a) Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.
(b) Georgia, Florida, and Alabama.
(c) Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
(d) Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

11. At the end of Part Three: Chapter 13, what author wrote that "life and love are like butter and do not keep" (269)?
(a) Jenny Erpenbeck.
(b) Sheri Holman.
(c) Kristen Wolf.
(d) Marge Piercy.

12. In Part Three: Chapter 4, how many weeks did Jahren, Bill, and the paleontologists spend exhuming fossil trees?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

13. In Part Two: Chapter 11, what town in Alaska does Jahren mention?
(a) Juneau.
(b) Sitka.
(c) Gustavus.
(d) Tenakee Springs.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Part Three, Chapter 12, what time did Jahren get to the lab?

4. In Part Two: Chapter 10, where did Jahren get an edema from the poison ivy?

5. In Part Three: Chapter 10, how many spruce seeds would Jahren use to test tree memory?

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