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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Part Three: Chapter 12, where did Jahren shop for groceries and lunch?
(a) Foodland.
(b) Whole Foods.
(c) KTA Super Stores.
(d) Save-A-Lot.

3. 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) Book.
(b) Pencils and pens.
(c) Coffee cup.
(d) Paperweight.

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

5. In Part Three: Chapter 8, how much did Jahren's baby weigh when he was born?
(a) 7.4 pounds.
(b) 8.3 pounds.
(c) 6 pounds.
(d) 9 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the end of Part Three: Chapter 13, what author wrote that "life and love are like butter and do not keep" (269)?

3. When was the Alaska Purchase?

4. In Part Three: Chapter 2, how much did Ed's old mass spectrometer probably weigh?

5. In Part Three: Chapter 14, until when did Bill and Jahren have funding?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Jahren decide about her ability to cope with a child after her son was born in Part Three: Chapter 8?

2. In Part Three: Chapter 1, what does Jahren say about Baltimore and trees?

3. In Part Three: Chapter 10, what does Jahren say about being a scientist after her son was born?

4. In Part Three: Chapter 10, what is discussed about tree memory?

5. In Part Two: Chapter 10, what was Sitka known for?

6. In the Epilogue, what is Jahren's personal request to the reader?

7. In Part Two: Chapter 9, how does Jahren describe full-blown mania?

8. In Part Three: Chapter 5, how does Jahren explain that some trees spread their pollen?

9. In Part Two: Chapter 10, how did Jahren get poison ivy, and what were the side effects?

10. In Part Three: Chapter 4, what were Bill and Jahren studying?

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