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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do Linnaeus' students begin to describe when he sees them?
(a) The places they have seen.
(b) The place where he will rejoin them.
(c) The reputation he has built.
(d) The success he will enjoy.

3. What do Jonathan and Ruby compare as they start their first real conversation?
(a) Seaweed samples.
(b) Stories about their professors.
(c) Sores and poison ivy.
(d) Fish samples.

4. How long after they leave the marine biology station does Ruby call Jonathan?
(a) Twelve days.
(b) A week.
(c) Two days.
(d) Two weeks.

5. When does Mendel begin his experiments?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1859.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1888.

6. Where is Mendel born?
(a) Moravia.
(b) Budapest.
(c) Prague.
(d) Paris.

7. Where does Anton Vaculik work?
(a) On a farm.
(b) At a nursery.
(c) At a foundry.
(d) In a laboratory.

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

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

10. How does Ruby get away from her house to call Jonathan?
(a) She tells her husband she needz something from the office.
(b) She tells her husband that she has been doing some late night field work.
(c) She tells her husband that she wantz to get some groceries.
(d) She tells her husband that they need office supplies.

11. Which of Linnaeus' students dies first?
(a) Ternstrom.
(b) Rotheram.
(c) Forskal.
(d) Falck.

12. Where is Linneaus' museum at Hammarby?
(a) Up on the hill.
(b) Adjacent to his study.
(c) Near town.
(d) Next to the kitchen.

13. Who arrives with Sophia right after Pehr tells Linnaeus that they should return?
(a) Ternstrom.
(b) Lofling.
(c) Rotheram.
(d) Sara Lisa.

14. Who climbs into Linnaeus' sleigh at the end of the story?
(a) Pehr.
(b) Rotheram.
(c) Sophia.
(d) Sara Lisa.

15. What do Ruby and Jonathan do when the tension builds between them?
(a) One of them goes to the island.
(b) One of them goes out to the garden.
(c) They argue until they dispel the tension.
(d) They tell a story about the past.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Ruby and Jonathan tell the children when they ask about what had happened on the island?

2. Why do Ruby and Jonathan avoid talking about the evening that changes their lives?

3. When does Antonia meet Richard?

4. Where does Sophia tell Linnaeus they will go next?

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

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