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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what case does Alec precede Wallace?
(a) Alec brings back a live orangutan.
(b) Alec reaches the Aru Islands before Wallace.
(c) Alec brings back the first Birds of Paradise.
(d) Alec establishes the notion of evolution through selection and descent.

3. What do Linnaeus' students begin to describe when he sees them?
(a) The success he will enjoy.
(b) The places they have seen.
(c) The reputation he has built.
(d) The place where he will rejoin them.

4. When does Zaga sell the house in Soroche?
(a) While Joel is in Chile.
(b) A few months after Joel's funeral.
(c) Before her departure for Chile.
(d) After her pregnancy.

5. Where does Alec work before he goes to the Amazon?
(a) In a museum.
(b) In a shop that makes leather valises.
(c) In a taxidermist's shop.
(d) In a typewriter repair shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which sister drops out of school, and when?

2. Linnaeus has forgotten about which student?

3. Who dies of the ague?

4. Where is Linneaus' museum at Hammarby?

5. How is Wallace doing when Alec finds him in Borneo?

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