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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ship Fever.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Wallace doing while Alec is sweating through the ague and sending samples to Philadelphia?
(a) Stealing from Alec's collection of samples.
(b) Sending his samples ahead of Alec's.
(c) Locating archaeological specimens that illustrate the evolution of species.
(d) Writing about the origin of species.

2. To whom does Sarah Anne write a letter when she is alone?
(a) Linnaeus.
(b) Mendel.
(c) Darwin.
(d) Lamarck.

3. The passengers on the second ship are in what shape?
(a) Most are better, but a few cases are dire.
(b) Much worse than the first.
(c) Much better than the first.
(d) They are almost all on the verge of dying.

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

5. What is in Linnaeus' museum?
(a) Fossils and stones.
(b) An herbarium and insect collection.
(c) Pieces of early human skeletons.
(d) An exhibition of zoological specimens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rob want Zaga to meet when he calls her?

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

3. Where is Linneaus' museum at Hammarby?

4. At whose house is Wallace staying when Alec finds him next in 1855?

5. When does Mendel begin his experiments?

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