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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Birds with No Feet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prevents Alec from giving up his taxidermy hobby?
(a) A Bird of Paradise specimen.
(b) An exhibition of Wallace's specimens.
(c) Edwards' book "A Voyage Up the River Amazon."
(d) A display at the Academy of Natural Sciences.

2. Why does Richard smile at his wife while he is giving the lecture about Mendel?
(a) He wants her to know that he still loves her more than science.
(b) She knows the secret of how Mendel had been led astray by another scientist.
(c) He likes to think about how their children have her eyes.
(d) She makes subtle jokes about how he delivers the material.

3. What does Mendel do when Tati jumps over the wall at the monastery?
(a) He shows him a tame fox and other animals.
(b) He attacks him.
(c) He brings him back to his house and interrogates him about what he has seen.
(d) He runs and hides.

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

5. How have Wallace's fortunes changed since he meets Alec in the Amazon?
(a) He loses his collection in a fire on his ship.
(b) He cannot raise money for further collecting trips.
(c) He publishes two books and now has an assistant.
(d) He has been ill and has not been collecting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what circumstances has Wallace lost his own specimens?

2. What response does Zaga get from Dr. Sepulveda when she writes to him after returning home from Chile?

3. What is the worst part about returning from the marine biology station?

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

5. Whose theories are Christopher Billopp, his sister Sarah Anne, and their guests discussing?

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