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1. A perennial that has been pulled or cut before it has flowered will:

a) not flower until the next season

b) not produce seeds until the next season

c) resprout from the roots or reflower

d) flower at a higher stem height

2. Perennials can best be controlled by:

a) pulling alone

b) pulled combined with either mulching, black fabric or plant competition

c) pulling once a year if it's done at the right time

d) tilling and reseeding

3. Ungerminated weed seeds (from pulled weeds):

a) can survive the heat of a compost and should go in the trash

b) can survive the heat of a high-temperature fire

c) can be destroyed with herbicides

d) can't survive once they are separated from the plant

4. An annual produces seeds that have a viability of approximately___ years:

a) 2

b) 20

c) 15

d) 7

5. The flowers of a weed produce seeds:

a) approximately mid-summer

b) at the same time every year depending on the weed

c) that vary throughout the season but at the same time on each weed

d) that vary throughout the season and vary on the weed itself