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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How old is Sophia when her brother, Linnaeus' son, dies?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Nine.
(c) Two.
(d) Seven.
2. What is the house like before the children are grown?
(a) It is quiet on weekends and filled with children all week.
(b) It is always noisy with children coming and going.
(c) It is filled with children on weekends and quiet in between.
(d) It is always filled with children.
3. Where is Linneaus' museum at Hammarby?
(a) Next to the kitchen.
(b) Up on the hill.
(c) Adjacent to his study.
(d) Near town.
4. Where does Sophia tell Linnaeus they will go next?
(a) Hammarby.
(b) Home.
(c) Lappland.
(d) Uppsala.
5. When does Antonia meet Richard?
(a) She is reading in a cafe where he is having lunch with a friend.
(b) She is working at the GE plant and he is finishing his thesis.
(c) She is living with a boyfriend and he is working as a gardener.
(d) She is writing her thesis and he is one of her students.
6. Who climbs into Linnaeus' sleigh at the end of the story?
(a) Sara Lisa.
(b) Rotheram.
(c) Pehr.
(d) Sophia.
7. Who does Linnaeus think has arrived with his daughter?
(a) Sophia's husband.
(b) Hasselquist.
(c) Forskal.
(d) Sophia's friend.
8. Who is Richard's wife in "The Behavior of the Hawkweeds?"
(a) Sophie.
(b) Leni.
(c) Anna.
(d) Antonia.
9. What does Nageli suggest to Mendel?
(a) That he turn his focus to peas.
(b) That he send Tati to study with him.
(c) That he leave Brno and move to Munich.
(d) That he focus his research on hawkweeds.
10. What are the conditions like when Ruby and Jonathan get together?
(a) All of the other researchers are in the evening talks, and they are suddenly alone.
(b) They stayed in the library to work together.
(c) Ruby sleep walks into Jonathan's room.
(d) There is a storm and the electricity is out.
11. Why does Richard smile at his wife while he is giving the lecture about Mendel?
(a) She makes subtle jokes about how he delivers the material.
(b) He likes to think about how their children have her eyes.
(c) He wants her to know that he still loves her more than science.
(d) She knows the secret of how Mendel had been led astray by another scientist.
12. What does Otto Leiniger do in 1931?
(a) He publishes his response to Mendel's paper.
(b) He emigrates to Paris.
(c) He takes over the nursery where Tati works.
(d) He gives his daughter away in marriage.
13. What does Tati tell Antonia ruined Gregor Mendel's life?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Hawkweeds.
(c) A woman.
(d) Ferns.
14. What does Richard say about Mendel when he (Richard) is courting his wife?
(a) He says that Mendel is his hero.
(b) He says that Mendel is often misunderstood.
(c) He says that Mendel is often mistaken in his assumptions.
(d) He says that he is going to finish Mendel's work.
15. What do Ruby and Jonathan see when they sit on the patio now that the children are grown?
(a) The children playing.
(b) The garden.
(c) The children watching them.
(d) The ocean.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Mendel teach?
2. What do both Jonathan and Ruby have?
3. Where is Ruby working when she meets Jonathan?
4. When do Jonathan and Ruby have their first real conversation?
5. What are Linnaeus' students holding when he sees them as he is leaving?
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