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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Otto Leiniger ask Antonia to do when he finds her alone in the greenhouse?
(a) He asks her to tell him about her father.
(b) He asks her to show him the garden.
(c) He asks her to make love with him.
(d) He asks her to lean over and water some plants.

2. Where does Anton Vaculik go when he leaves his homeland?
(a) Paris.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Prague.
(d) America.

3. What are Linnaeus' students holding when he sees them as he is leaving?
(a) The plants he has named after them.
(b) The gifts he has given them.
(c) The books they have published.
(d) The animals they have named for him.

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

5. What have Linnaeus' students done for him?
(a) They have married his daughters.
(b) They have done his work of gathering and classifying plants and animals.
(c) They have written his books and articles.
(d) They have cared for him in his old age.

6. What does Tati do when he sees Antonia and Otto Leiniger in the greenhouse?
(a) He slits Leiniger's throat.
(b) He threatens Antonia's life.
(c) He stabs Leiniger's hand.
(d) He throws Leiniger against the wall.

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

8. When does Anton Vaculik leave his homeland?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1891.

9. Who is Richard's wife in "The Behavior of the Hawkweeds?"
(a) Antonia.
(b) Leni.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Anna.

10. Who is Anton Vaculik?
(a) Richard's wife's father.
(b) Richard's wife's grandfather.
(c) Richard's maternal uncle.
(d) Richard's maternal grandfather.

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

12. Where is Linnaeus' wife at the beginning of the story?
(a) Lappland.
(b) Uppsala.
(c) Rotterdam.
(d) Hammarby.

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

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

15. What is Linnaeus' wife's name?
(a) Anna Lisa.
(b) Ingrid.
(c) Sigrid.
(d) Sara Ann.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Mendel begin his experiments?

2. Who is Carl Nageli?

3. Where is Ruby working when she meets Jonathan?

4. Linnaeus has forgotten about which student?

5. Ruby, Jonathan, and the children talk about what when the children visit?

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