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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Appleseed had originally come west from the state of _____ when he was 23 years old.
(a) New Hampshire.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) New York.
(d) Maine.

2. Chapman stated that he was promised "a true wife in heaven" and thus he never ______.
(a) Married.
(b) Spoke to women.
(c) Lived at home.
(d) Had relationships.

3. Johnny Appleseed is generally acknowledged as having planted _______ of apple seeds across a wide range of orchards.
(a) Thousands.
(b) Hundreds of thousands.
(c) Tens of thousands.
(d) Hundreds.

4. Johnny Appleseed was opposed to using _____ in order to grow trees and preferred planting seeds.
(a) Cuttings.
(b) Genetic engineering.
(c) Roots.
(d) Leaves.

5. Since Appleseed raised his trees from seed, most of the fruit was not suitable for _______.
(a) Making cider.
(b) Composting.
(c) Eating.
(d) Selling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Probably as a defense to discourage animals from biting into them, apple seeds contain a small amount of _______.

2. During the lifetime of Johnny Appleseed, Ohio law required a settler to put out ___ apple or pear trees in order to get a land grant.

3. In the book, Johnny Appleseed was called a benign _________ of the American Fronteir.

4. The book states that Johnny Appleseed died in 1845 in _______ Indiana.

5. Appleseed used most of his crops in order to make ______, which led him to be thought of as an 'American Dionysus.'

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