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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The English Pupil.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Sophia do while Pehr and the other man push the sleigh outside?
(a) She warms Linnaeus' blankets by the fire.
(b) She makes tea for Linnaeus.
(c) She holds the door.
(d) She finds blankets for Linnaeus.

3. When does Antonia meet Richard?
(a) She is writing her thesis and he is one of her students.
(b) She is reading in a cafe where he is having lunch with a friend.
(c) She is living with a boyfriend and he is working as a gardener.
(d) She is working at the GE plant and he is finishing his thesis.

4. How old is Sophia when her brother, Linnaeus' son, dies?
(a) Nine.
(b) Seven.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Two.

5. Who is Carl Nageli?
(a) Mendel's father-in-law.
(b) A botanist in Munich.
(c) A policeman in Brno.
(d) Mendel's lover's husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard tell his students about Gregor Mendel?

2. How is Linnaeus' health at the beginning of the story?

3. How does Linnaeus identify the man who arrives?

4. Where is Linnaeus' wife at the beginning of the story?

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

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