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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 theory in particular are they discussing at the beginning of "Rare Bird?"
(a) The theory that swallows hibernate under water.
(b) The theory that swallows migrate to South America.
(c) The theory that swallows die off each winter and are born anew in spring.
(d) The theory that swallows hibernate in chimneys.

2. When does Alec meet Wallace?
(a) Wallace has just arrived at the Amazon.
(b) Alec is just about to return home from the Amazon.
(c) Wallace is just about to return home from the Amazon.
(d) Alec has just returned to the station at the bottom of the river after a collecting trip.

3. Where does the second scene of "Rare Bird" open?
(a) In the garden.
(b) On London Bridge.
(c) In the church.
(d) In the laboratory.

4. What are Sarah Anne Billopp and Mrs. Pearce doing when the story resumes two years later?
(a) They are testing their hypothesis about swallows in winter.
(b) They are revising a paper about their hypothesis about swallows in winter.
(c) Mrs. Pearce is introducing Sarah Anne to a friend of hers, a young scientist.
(d) They are writing to a prominent scientist about his theory about swallows in winter.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When do Jonathan and Ruby have their first real conversation?

3. Where are Wallace's specimens placed when Wallace arrives in England?

4. What do Rose and Bianca study in college?

5. What do Rose and Bianca hear while they are eating together?

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