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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what scientific principle does Wallace profess his faith when he is talking with Alec in Borneo?
(a) Adaptation through divine intent.
(b) The emergence of new varieties of species.
(c) Evolution as a punctuated equilibrium.
(d) The permanence of species.

2. Where does Alec work before he goes to the Amazon?
(a) In a typewriter repair shop.
(b) In a museum.
(c) In a taxidermist's shop.
(d) In a shop that makes leather valises.

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

4. What do Rose and Bianca share in addition to their text books?
(a) Friends.
(b) Lovers.
(c) Food.
(d) Rides to school.

5. What does Sarah Anne think her brother thinks of her when she proposes to test the theory about swallows?
(a) She thinks that he is embarrassed by her.
(b) She thinks that he is envious of her intelligence.
(c) She thinks that he resents her for being smart.
(d) She thinks that he is judging her harshly.

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

7. To whom does Zaga rent her condominium?
(a) A lepidopterist.
(b) A pair of brokers.
(c) An evolutionary biologist.
(d) An actuary and his wife.

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

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

10. Who does Rob want Zaga to meet when he calls her?
(a) Rob and Alicia.
(b) Dr. Sepulveda.
(c) His daughter.
(d) Nicholas Bennett.

11. What is the Marburg sisters' mother's name?
(a) Rose.
(b) Adele.
(c) Suky.
(d) Stella.

12. How does Wallace respond when Alec writes to him?
(a) He gives Alec tips for raising funds for a trip.
(b) He gives Alec suggestions for collecting valuable specimens.
(c) He invites Alec to the Malay Archipelago.
(d) He sympathizes with Alec's loss.

13. What does Rose cook for Bianca?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Mushrooms.
(c) Squash.
(d) Beans.

14. What is the scientific atmosphere like in America when Alec returns with his samples?
(a) The controversies over Darwin's Origin of Species has just broken out.
(b) The Civil War has distracted all attention from science.
(c) The Scopes Trial has just renewed the controversies around the question of evolution.
(d) The west is being settled and new species and fossils are creating a new enthusiasm for science.

15. Who hires the nurse who takes care of Rose's and Bianca's father when he is dying?
(a) A group of his friends.
(b) His wife.
(c) Rose and Bianca.
(d) His lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Sarah Anne Billopp and Mrs. Pearce doing when the story resumes two years later?

2. What is Christopher Billopp's relationship with Miss Juliet Colden?

3. What has Alec been collecting in Sarawak?

4. Where does Zaga find work after she moves?

5. Where is Bianca when Rose wakes up the next morning?

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