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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Marburg Sisters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What have Linnaeus' students done for him?
(a) They have done his work of gathering and classifying plants and animals.
(b) They have married his daughters.
(c) They have written his books and articles.
(d) They have cared for him in his old age.

2. How do Rose and Bianca keep in touch with each other after they visit at Rose's lab?
(a) They see each other a few times a month.
(b) They exchange impersonal letters.
(c) A year passes before they talk again.
(d) They talk on the phone infrequently for a year.

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

4. How does Zaga spend her days after she moves downtown?
(a) She does not see anyone.
(b) She arranges the distribution of her husband's paintings.
(c) She works at the art museum.
(d) She cleans out the closets.

5. Why does Linnaeus ask his coachman to keep driving at the beginning of the story?
(a) He is anxious to get to the laboratory.
(b) He is resigned to living without his family.
(c) He is dying and likes the long drives.
(d) He is uncertain about where he is going.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Linnaeus' students has been most faithful about writing?

2. When does Zaga sell the house in Soroche?

3. What is Linnaeus' wife's name?

4. What does Sophia do while Pehr and the other man push the sleigh outside?

5. Through Rob, Zaga get involved in what kind of investment?

(see the answer key)

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