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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 are Linnaeus' students holding when he sees them as he is leaving?
(a) The books they have published.
(b) The gifts he has given them.
(c) The animals they have named for him.
(d) The plants he has named after them.

2. What has Mr. Barton just done for Alec?
(a) Barton has just arranged for Alec to marry.
(b) Barton has just contracted with Alec for more specimens.
(c) Barton has just put Alec in touch with Wallace.
(d) Barton has just sold his collection of specimens.

3. 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.

4. What does Linnaeus do when Pehr tells him that they should return?
(a) He smokes his pipe.
(b) He dies.
(c) He pulls the sled outside and locks the door.
(d) He gets up and walks outside.

5. When does Anton Vaculik leave his homeland?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1891.
(d) 1856.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does Antonia meet Richard?

3. Who is waiting for Antonia after she cames home from school after Leiniger has died?

4. What is the Marburg sisters' mother's name?

5. What does Ruby tell her daughter when she asks who started the relationship between Ruby and Jonathan?

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