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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. The apple was first introduced to North America with the initial waves of the ______ immigration.
(a) Mexican.
(b) European.
(c) Middle Eastern.
(d) Canadian.

2. In 1812, Chapman ran thirty miles to warn settlers of the approach of troops, a feat known as _______.
(a) The coffee sack run.
(b) The apple run.
(c) The barefoot run.
(d) The thirty mile run.

3. The Native Americans that knew Chapman considered him to be a brilliant woodsman and ______.
(a) Medicine man.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Guide.
(d) Hunter.

4. ______ is the most widely cultivated fruit and has been put into religious stories including that of Adam and Eve.
(a) Banana.
(b) Peach.
(c) Apple.
(d) Potato.

5. The book states that the potato plant was stolen from the royal gardens of ______.
(a) Louis IV.
(b) Louis V.
(c) Louis X.
(d) Louis XVI.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The book suggests that colors and symmetries are elemental principles of ______.

3. Red and Golden are two forms of North American cultivars of this particular type of apple ______.

4. Pollan asserts that even though daffodils came early in the season, _______ is not a true color for a child.

5. The book compares tulips in fields to ______ or lipsticks, merely flashes of bright color on the horizon.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pollan have to say about his tendency to speculate and about the connection between flowers and speculation?

2. What is the main reason why the apple is presented in a book about the idea of desire? How does the apple relate to desire?

3. What are some of the effects of the chemicals within plants which begin the argument that plants might be designed to change humans?

4. What are some of the ways in which flowers have been created to attract the attention of humans, according to Pollan?

5. Pollan points out there may or may not be a correlation between the beautiful and the good. What does he think there is probably a correlation between?

6. Why does Pollan says that he thinks tulips really were flowers which were designed for children?

7. How does Pollan describe the particular patch of garden versus the plants one finds in nature?

8. What did the Ottoman Turks discover about the wild tulips they found during one of their trips?

9. What is the classic example of coevolution that Pollan presents at the start of the book?

10. Who is John Chapman and what is his importance in the course of the history of the apply?

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