View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose theories are Christopher Billopp, his sister Sarah Anne, and their guests discussing?
(a) Darwin's.
(b) Lamarck's.
(c) Linnaeus'.
(d) Mendel's.

2. What response has Sarah Anne had to the letter she had written during the dinner party?
(a) An offer of a reward for evidence that swallows migrate.
(b) None.
(c) A friendly and encouraging response.
(d) An offer of a reward for evidence of hibernating swallows.

3. Who does Antonia think Otto Leiniger is?
(a) A gentleman.
(b) A scholar.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A salesman.

4. What do Jonathan and Ruby do after their first real conversation?
(a) Phone their spouses and confess.
(b) Sit together at presentations.
(c) Work together all the time.
(d) Skip all talks and assignments.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Bianca is thinking about what when she drives to see Rose in 1980?

2. At whose house is Wallace staying when Alec finds him next in 1855?

3. When does Alec meet Wallace?

4. How does Alec feel about killing specimens and orphaning their young?

5. What do both Jonathan and Ruby have?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 298 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample