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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rose's and Bianca's mother tell them to find what they need?
(a) Walk around a fire, repeating your question.
(b) Look into water and spin the surface with their hands.
(c) Sit by the sea and watch the waves.
(d) Walk to the top of the tallest mountain around.

2. Who dies of the ague?
(a) Lamarck.
(b) Darwin.
(c) Mr. Barton.
(d) Ali, the orangutan.

3. What theory in particular are they discussing at the beginning of "Rare Bird?"
(a) The theory that swallows die off each winter and are born anew in spring.
(b) The theory that swallows hibernate in chimneys.
(c) The theory that swallows hibernate under water.
(d) The theory that swallows migrate to South America.

4. How does Sarah propose to test the theory of what happens to swallows in winter?
(a) She proposes they dissect a swallow to see if it can breathe under water.
(b) She proposes they follow the swallows in the evenings.
(c) She proposes to correspond with people in South America.
(d) She proposes they catch swallows and confine them under water.

5. How is Wallace doing when Alec finds him in Borneo?
(a) He has the ague.
(b) He is nearly starved.
(c) He is depressed about losing specimens to flooding.
(d) He is fit and working hard.

6. Rose and Bianca help with what family business?
(a) Their father's apothecary shop.
(b) Their grandfather's printmaking shop.
(c) Their father's chemistry lab.
(d) Their father's winery.

7. What does Sarah Anne think her brother thinks of her when she proposes to test the theory about swallows?
(a) She thinks that he is envious of her intelligence.
(b) She thinks that he is embarrassed by her.
(c) She thinks that he resents her for being smart.
(d) She thinks that he is judging her harshly.

8. How does Alec feel about killing specimens and orphaning their young?
(a) He is guilty and it starts to depress him.
(b) He is not guilty because that is his work.
(c) He is glad to kill the specimens and turn them into scientific facts.
(d) He is torn between his work and his emotions.

9. What do Rose and Bianca hear while they are eating together?
(a) Owls.
(b) Coyotes.
(c) Their mother's voice.
(d) Their father's coughing.

10. In what case does Alec precede Wallace?
(a) Alec brings back a live orangutan.
(b) Alec reaches the Aru Islands before Wallace.
(c) Alec brings back the first Birds of Paradise.
(d) Alec establishes the notion of evolution through selection and descent.

11. How does Wallace respond when Alec writes to him?
(a) He sympathizes with Alec's loss.
(b) He gives Alec tips for raising funds for a trip.
(c) He invites Alec to the Malay Archipelago.
(d) He gives Alec suggestions for collecting valuable specimens.

12. Where does Alec work before he goes to the Amazon?
(a) In a typewriter repair shop.
(b) In a taxidermist's shop.
(c) In a shop that makes leather valises.
(d) In a museum.

13. Where does Zaga find work after she moves?
(a) At a midwife's office.
(b) At a typewriter repair shop.
(c) At a pediatric dental practice.
(d) At an art gallery.

14. To whom does Zaga rent her condominium?
(a) A lepidopterist.
(b) A pair of brokers.
(c) An evolutionary biologist.
(d) An actuary and his wife.

15. What is soroche?
(a) Morning sickness.
(b) Anemia.
(c) Altitude sickness.
(d) Dizziness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Zaga move when the investment scheme falls through?

2. What has Alec been collecting in Sarawak?

3. Where do Rose and Bianca get together again?

4. What has Mr. Barton just done for Alec?

5. What news do Rose and Bianca have from their father?

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