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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Rare Bird.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the conditions like when Ruby and Jonathan get together?
(a) They stayed in the library to work together.
(b) Ruby sleep walks into Jonathan's room.
(c) There is a storm and the electricity is out.
(d) All of the other researchers are in the evening talks, and they are suddenly alone.

2. What response does Zaga get from Dr. Sepulveda when she writes to him after returning home from Chile?
(a) He writes her with long stories about his life.
(b) She hears that Dr. Sepulveda has died.
(c) She never hears back.
(d) She hears that Dr. Sepulveda has moved.

3. What does Sophia do while Pehr and the other man push the sleigh outside?
(a) She finds blankets for Linnaeus.
(b) She makes tea for Linnaeus.
(c) She warms Linnaeus' blankets by the fire.
(d) She holds the door.

4. Where does Linnaeus begin to see his students?
(a) In the living room at Hammarby.
(b) In his mind's eye.
(c) In the cemetary during their funerals.
(d) To the left of the fireplace.

5. When does Mendel begin his experiments?
(a) 1859.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1856.
(d) 1865.

Short Answer Questions

1. Linnaeus has forgotten about which student?

2. What do Jonathan and Ruby find to be difficult when returning after their time at the marine biology station?

3. Who is Richard's wife in "The Behavior of the Hawkweeds?"

4. Who is Anton Vaculik?

5. What do Linnaeus' students begin to describe when he sees them?

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