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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Behavior of the Hawkweeds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Richard tell his students about Gregor Mendel?
(a) He describes the author's rivalry with another scientist.
(b) He describes the author's marriage.
(c) He tells them the author's life story.
(d) He tells them about the author's flight from his homeland.

2. What does Richard say about Mendel when he (Richard) is courting his wife?
(a) He says that Mendel is his hero.
(b) He says that Mendel is often misunderstood.
(c) He says that Mendel is often mistaken in his assumptions.
(d) He says that he is going to finish Mendel's work.

3. What does Antonia think about what Otto Leiniger has asked of her in the greenhouse?
(a) She thinks he is asking to sleep with him.
(b) She thinks he is a lonely old man.
(c) She thinks he is asking her to marry him.
(d) She thinks he is asking her to leave.

4. Richard is sensitive about what?
(a) His feet, which had been crushed in an accident.
(b) His right leg, which has withered from polio.
(c) His left hand, from which an extra finger has been amputated.
(d) His lisp.

5. What does Tati do when he sees Antonia and Otto Leiniger in the greenhouse?
(a) He slits Leiniger's throat.
(b) He throws Leiniger against the wall.
(c) He stabs Leiniger's hand.
(d) He threatens Antonia's life.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Antonia meet Richard?

2. Who is Carl Nageli?

3. Why does Richard smile at his wife while he is giving the lecture about Mendel?

4. What does Nageli suggest to Mendel?

5. Who does Antonia think Otto Leiniger is?

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