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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Linnaeus taught his students?

2. Linnaeus thinks about what while he is driven through the snow?

3. Where does Anton Vaculik work?

4. What does Richard tell his students about the paper he gives them?

5. When does Anton Vaculik leave his homeland?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Tati sees Antonia and Leiniger together in the greenhouse?

2. When a man and a woman arrive, who does Linnaeus think they are?

3. What does Linnaeus remember about Rotheram?

4. What do Linnaeus and his coachman do when they reach Hammarby?

5. How do Jonathan and Ruby act when they are together after their first real conversation?

6. What happens when Ruby gets away from her family to call Jonathan?

7. What does Antonia tell Richard when they are dating?

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

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

10. What does Linnaeus think as he is leaving Hammarby?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In several of the stories, characters withhold their feelings or avoid certain conversations. What effect does their withholding of information have on three of the stories? Cite specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

In "The Behavior of the Hawkweeds," Tati breaks the law by stabbing and inadvertently killing Otto Leiniger. Where else are laws or rules broken in Barrett's stories? What are the consequences of laws or rules bring broken? Cite specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

How does money appear in three stories? Are there other forms of exchange beside money? Cite specific examples from the text.

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