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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who answers Ruby's call to Jonathan?
(a) Jonathan's mother.
(b) Jonathan's daughter.
(c) Jonathan's wife.
(d) Jonathan.

3. Jonathan and Ruby are looking at what when they have their first real conversation?
(a) Tide pools.
(b) Linnaeus' books.
(c) Fish specimens.
(d) Hawkweed samples.

4. What do Jonathan and Ruby find to be difficult when returning after their time at the marine biology station?
(a) Seeing their families.
(b) Remember each other's faces.
(c) Going back to their jobs.
(d) Leaving each other.

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

6. Jonathan and Ruby laugh at what together at the marine biology station?
(a) Their children's cute moments.
(b) The others' presentations.
(c) Their spouses' ignorance.
(d) The impossibility of a future together.

7. Whom does Sophia nurse back to health?
(a) Rotheram.
(b) Linnaeus himself.
(c) Hasselquist.
(d) Sara Lisa.

8. Which answer describes Sophia's appearance?
(a) Caring and comforting.
(b) Anxious and worried.
(c) Angry at Pehr.
(d) Pretty and smiling.

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. What has Linnaeus taught his students?
(a) How to carry on when he predeceases them.
(b) That he will meet them again on the other side.
(c) That classifications have to be clear and expressive.
(d) That they are responsible for his success.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrives with Sophia right after Pehr tells Linnaeus that they should return?

2. Where is Mendel born?

3. How far into their course are Jonathan and Ruby before they have their first real conversation?

4. When do Jonathan and Ruby have their first real conversation?

5. How does Ruby get away from her house to call Jonathan?

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