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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Part Three: Chapter 6, where did Jahren and Clint take a trip in 2001?
2. In Part Two: Chapter 10, as Jahren and the others drove toward Rock Springs, Wyoming, how many words did Jahren realize she had spoken during the trip?
3. In Part Three: Chapter 4, where were Bill and Jahren spending the summer?
4. In Part Three: Chapter 11, when did Jahren and her family move to Hawaii?
5. In Part Three: Chapter 9, how much earlier do seeds from trees in cold climates set buds?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part Three: Chapter 8, what is the hardest thing that Jahren said she had ever done and why?
2. In Part Three: Chapter 12, what is unusual about C-6?
3. In Part Two: Chapter 10, how did Jahren get poison ivy, and what were the side effects?
4. In Part Three: Chapter 12, what did Jahren do after putting her son to bed?
5. In Part Three: Chapter 9, what does Jahren say about cells and water?
6. In Part Three: Chapter 1, what does Jahren say about Baltimore and trees?
7. In Part Three: Chapter 7, what type of growth curve did scientists discover in 1879 that corn had?
8. In Part Three: Chapter 11, why did Jahren move to Hawaii with her family?
9. In Part 3: Chapter 14, what does Jahren say about science and being an ant?
10. What did Jahren decide about her ability to cope with a child after her son was born in Part Three: Chapter 8?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Jahren wrote her story from a first-person point of view. How does the use of the first-person point of view help readers identify and empathize with Jahren? How does the point of view affect what readers know about and think of Jahren?
Essay Topic 2
Jahren grew up in a family whose ancestors had emigrated from Norway. What type of culture did Jahren grow up in? How close were family members? How did the culture Jahren was raised in affect her life and personality?
Essay Topic 3
Jahren’s relationship with her son differed from the relationship with her parents. How did the relationship that Jahren had with her son differ from the relationship she had with her parents? How would you describe the relationship that Jahren had with her son? How did having a son affect Jahren’s life physically and emotionally?
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