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

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

3. Where does Linnaeus begin to see his students?
(a) To the left of the fireplace.
(b) In the living room at Hammarby.
(c) In his mind's eye.
(d) In the cemetary during their funerals.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Jonathan asks Ruby about what when she calls?

2. What do Jonathan and Ruby compare as they start their first real conversation?

3. What are the conditions like when Ruby and Jonathan get together?

4. How does Wallace respond when Alec writes to him?

5. What happens after Antonia's daughters grow up and move away?

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