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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Watson spend the time while he waited for the machine shop to construct the necessary parts?
(a) Creating bacteria studies
(b) Talking with his sister and her beau
(c) Making RNA models
(d) Non-work-related activities

2. The epilogue can best be described as which of the following?
(a) A celebration of their winning the Nobel Prize
(b) A summary of the book
(c) A short chapter reaffirming the importance of their work
(d) An apology for how Rosy was perceived throughout his career

3. What had Rosy surrounded DNA with in the B photograph?
(a) Ice
(b) Crystals
(c) Water
(d) RNA

4. Which word best describes Watson's feelings at the idea of working with bases in pairs?
(a) Enthusiastic
(b) Depressed
(c) Downtrodden
(d) Egotistical

5. What did Watson and Crick hope in regards to this new structure of DNA?
(a) They hoped to publish it before Pauling
(b) They hoped Pauling was wrong
(c) They hoped to develop the model based on his structure
(d) They hoped to expand on his knowledge

6. Which of the following was why Pauling never arrived in London?
(a) Incomplete travel records
(b) Political views
(c) Breakthrough in his projects
(d) Health issues

7. When would Watson go to Cal-Tech?
(a) Next year
(b) Never
(c) Right away
(d) Within the next five years

8. Where did Watson see Chargaff for the second time but they did not speak?
(a) London at a conference with Pauling
(b) Cambridge at the lab
(c) In Stockholm at a conference on crystallography
(d) International Biochemical Congress in Paris

9. Where was Pauling held up when he was on his way to speak at the conference?
(a) London
(b) Washington, DC
(c) Stockholm
(d) Airport

10. How much progress did Crick make?
(a) Significant
(b) None
(c) A lot
(d) A little

11. Where was Watson going to get the necessary pieces to construct his model?
(a) Previous models
(b) Pauling's dismantled model
(c) Machine shop
(d) Rosy's lab

12. When Watson constructed models of the bases what was the same about a pair?
(a) Number
(b) Size
(c) Shape
(d) Appearance

13. How did Watson feel about Rosy's reaction to the new model?
(a) Surprised
(b) Awed
(c) Angered
(d) Rejected

14. What had the Cavendish lab recently discovered?
(a) A new kind of X-ray tube
(b) The structure of RNA
(c) The structure of DNA
(d) A model of DNA and RNA

15. Who shared an office with Watson and Crick?
(a) Rosy
(b) Linus Pauling
(c) Sir Lawrence
(d) Chargraff

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Rosy when she died?

2. What does TMV contain?

3. How long did Rosy keep working on scientific discoveries?

4. Who has developed a structure of DNA in chapter twenty-one?

5. Who offered Watson a job at Cal-Tech?

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