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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. Which answer describes Sophia's appearance?
(a) Anxious and worried.
(b) Pretty and smiling.
(c) Angry at Pehr.
(d) Caring and comforting.

2. What are Linnaeus' students holding when he sees them as he is leaving?
(a) The books they have published.
(b) The animals they have named for him.
(c) The gifts he has given them.
(d) The plants he has named after them.

3. What does Nageli suggest to Mendel?
(a) That he focus his research on hawkweeds.
(b) That he turn his focus to peas.
(c) That he send Tati to study with him.
(d) That he leave Brno and move to Munich.

4. Who climbs into Linnaeus' sleigh at the end of the story?
(a) Sophia.
(b) Rotheram.
(c) Pehr.
(d) Sara Lisa.

5. Why is it difficult to experiment on hawkweeds?
(a) They are hard to fertilize.
(b) They produce seeds without fertilization.
(c) They can be fertilized with pollen from other plants.
(d) They require precisely monitored conditions for fertilization.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Otto Leiniger do in 1931?

2. How does Linnaeus identify the man who arrives?

3. What is in Linnaeus' museum?

4. Who does Antonia think Otto Leiniger is?

5. How old is Linnaeus' son when his son dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Richard smile and look at his wife when he tells the story of Mendel's life?

2. When do Jonathan and Ruby really notice each other for the first time?

3. Where are Jonathan and Ruby working when they meet?

4. The children talk about what when they visit Ruby and Jonathan?

5. What is remarkable about Thunberg?

6. What does Tati see when he scales the monastery walls outside of Brno?

7. What vision does Linnaeus see near the fireplace?

8. Richard is sensitive about what condition?

9. How does Linnaeus view what his pupils have done for him?

10. What has Linnaeus built at Hammarby?

(see the answer keys)

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