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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Littoral Zone.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is Jonathan working when he meets Ruby?
(a) At a college in the Berkshires.
(b) At a college near Albany.
(c) At a university in Boston.
(d) At a college in Ithaca.

3. What happens after Antonia's daughters grow up and move away?
(a) She and her husband move to Brno.
(b) Her world goes gray for a year.
(c) She leaves her husband.
(d) She throws dinner parties for the alumni of the college where Richard is teaching.

4. Who is waiting for Antonia after she cames home from school after Leiniger has died?
(a) Tati.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Richard.
(d) Captain McSweeney from the police.

5. What is Mendel's experience with hawkweeds?
(a) He performs technical sound experiments, but does not get results.
(b) He refines his experimental techniques and shows how hawkweeds can be fertilized in the garden.
(c) He shows the mechanisms that prevent traits from being passed from one generation to another.
(d) He shows how traits can be passed from one generation to another.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Ruby and Jonathan see when they sit on the patio now that the children are grown?

2. Where does Linnaeus begin to see his students?

3. What is the house like before the children are grown?

4. How old is Sophia when her brother, Linnaeus' son, dies?

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

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