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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The English Pupil.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Linnaeus' coachman take him when they arrive at Hammarby?
(a) The stables.
(b) The greenhouse.
(c) The bedroom.
(d) The kitchen.

2. Who is waiting for Antonia after she cames home from school after Leiniger has died?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Tati.
(c) Richard.
(d) Captain McSweeney from the police.

3. What does Otto Leiniger do in 1931?
(a) He gives his daughter away in marriage.
(b) He publishes his response to Mendel's paper.
(c) He emigrates to Paris.
(d) He takes over the nursery where Tati works.

4. Which of Linnaeus' students has been most faithful about writing?
(a) Hasselquist.
(b) Falck.
(c) Thunberg.
(d) Ternstrom.

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 uncertain about where he is going.
(d) He is dying and likes the long drives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard say about Mendel when he (Richard) is courting his wife?

2. How does Linnaeus identify the man who arrives?

3. Who arrives with Sophia right after Pehr tells Linnaeus that they should return?

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

5. Which answer describes Sophia's appearance?

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