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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ralph Waldo Emerson, who knew a thing or two about natural history, called the apple, _______
(a) The American fruit.
(b) The Canadian fruit.
(c) The best treat.
(d) A feeling of home.

2. The apple is presented in this book as strongly appealing to humanity's desire for _______.
(a) The perfect fruit.
(b) Sweetness.
(c) Love.
(d) Tartness.

3. ______ orchard has become a kind of museum for several different apple species dedicated to maintaining the diversity.
(a) Ohio.
(b) Indiana.
(c) Geneva.
(d) Mansfied.

4. Johnny Appleseed was famous or infamous for wearing a _______ around wherever he went.
(a) Wool coat.
(b) Pair of overalls.
(c) Coffee sack.
(d) Fedora.

5. Chapman was credited for introducing 'Johnny weed' or ________, to the state of Ohio.
(a) Sweet fennel.
(b) Wormwood.
(c) Stinking fennel.
(d) Mayweed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Johnny Appleseed was opposed to using _____ in order to grow trees and preferred planting seeds.

2. Teaching men how to ferment the juice of the grape, ______ had brought civilization the gift of wine.

3. Johnny Appleseed is generally acknowledged as having planted _______ of apple seeds across a wide range of orchards.

4. The fact that apple seeds do not produce a similar apple as the tree they came from is scientifically called ______.

5. Apple trees are able to reproduce _______ which helps to facilitate their ability to be grafted to a root stock.

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