2. What prevents Alec from giving up his taxidermy hobby?
(a) Edwards' book "A Voyage Up the River Amazon."
(b) A Bird of Paradise specimen.
(c) A display at the Academy of Natural Sciences.
(d) An exhibition of Wallace's specimens.

3. Under what circumstances has Wallace lost his own specimens?
(a) Pirates steal his collection.
(b) There is a fire on his ship.
(c) Bailiffs impound the collection for back taxes.
(d) Customs agents do not let the collection through.

4. How have Wallace's fortunes changed since he meets Alec in the Amazon?
(a) He has been ill and has not been collecting.
(b) He loses his collection in a fire on his ship.
(c) He publishes two books and now has an assistant.
(d) He cannot raise money for further collecting trips.

5. What is Bianca doing now?
(a) Working for her father.
(b) Studying enzyme structures.
(c) Traveling.
(d) Writing about genetic transmission.

6. When does Zaga sell the house in Soroche?
(a) While Joel is in Chile.
(b) After her pregnancy.
(c) Before her departure for Chile.
(d) A few months after Joel's funeral.

7. What is Christopher Billopp's relationship with Miss Juliet Colden?
(a) They are cousins.
(b) He is courting her.
(c) He is her student.
(d) He is teaching her.

8. Bianca is thinking about what when she drives to see Rose in 1980?
(a) The dead.
(b) The undead.
(c) Evolution.
(d) Eternity.

9. How does Rose's and Bianca's mother tell them to find what they need?
(a) Sit by the sea and watch the waves.
(b) Walk to the top of the tallest mountain around.
(c) Look into water and spin the surface with their hands.
(d) Walk around a fire, repeating your question.

10. Whose theories are Christopher Billopp, his sister Sarah Anne, and their guests discussing?
(a) Linnaeus'.
(b) Mendel's.
(c) Lamarck's.
(d) Darwin's.

11. What has Alec been collecting in Sarawak?
(a) Birds.
(b) Apes.
(c) Beetles.
(d) Butterflies.

12. Why has Zaga agreed to raise Joel's children?
(a) Because she has lost her own baby.
(b) Because she loves Joel.
(c) Because she is too old to have children.
(d) Because she cannot get pregnant.

13. How does Zaga spend her days after she moves downtown?
(a) She does not see anyone.
(b) She cleans out the closets.
(c) She works at the art museum.
(d) She arranges the distribution of her husband's paintings.

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

15. How does Sarah propose to test the theory of what happens to swallows in winter?
(a) She proposes they follow the swallows in the evenings.
(b) She proposes they catch swallows and confine them under water.
(c) She proposes they dissect a swallow to see if it can breathe under water.
(d) She proposes to correspond with people in South America.