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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the house like before the children are grown?
(a) It is always noisy with children coming and going.
(b) It is always filled with children.
(c) It is quiet on weekends and filled with children all week.
(d) It is filled with children on weekends and quiet in between.

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

3. When does Antonia meet Richard?
(a) She is writing her thesis and he is one of her students.
(b) She is reading in a cafe where he is having lunch with a friend.
(c) She is living with a boyfriend and he is working as a gardener.
(d) She is working at the GE plant and he is finishing his thesis.

4. Ruby, Jonathan, and the children talk about what when the children visit?
(a) The past.
(b) Which children need to be picked up or dropped off, and where.
(c) Their plans for the future.
(d) Life before Ruby and Jonathan get together.

5. What do Jonathan and Ruby find to be difficult when returning after their time at the marine biology station?
(a) Seeing their families.
(b) Going back to their jobs.
(c) Leaving each other.
(d) Remember each other's faces.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rob want Zaga to meet when he calls her?

2. Who climbs into Linnaeus' sleigh at the end of the story?

3. What do Ruby and Jonathan tell the children when they ask about what had happened on the island?

4. How does Sarah propose to test the theory of what happens to swallows in winter?

5. What response has Sarah Anne had to the letter she had written during the dinner party?

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