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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which sister drops out of school, and when?
(a) Rose in graduate school.
(b) Bianca in graduate school.
(c) Rose as an undergrad.
(d) Bianca as an undergrad.

3. What does Alec tell Wallace when he writes to him at the end of the story?
(a) He laments his father's death.
(b) He describes his failures.
(c) He describes the next collecting journey he plans to take.
(d) He lists the discoveries he has made.

4. 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 envious of her intelligence.
(b) She thinks that he is embarrassed by her.
(c) She thinks that he resents her for being smart.
(d) She thinks that he is judging her harshly.

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

6. What are Sarah Anne Billopp and Mrs. Pearce doing when the story resumes two years later?
(a) Mrs. Pearce is introducing Sarah Anne to a friend of hers, a young scientist.
(b) They are testing their hypothesis about swallows in winter.
(c) They are writing to a prominent scientist about his theory about swallows in winter.
(d) They are revising a paper about their hypothesis about swallows in winter.

7. Where does Zaga move when the investment scheme falls through?
(a) She moves into a row house.
(b) She lives on the street.
(c) She lives with her children.
(d) She moves in with Joel's sister.

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

9. Where is Alec Carriere when "Birds with No Feet" opens?
(a) In a museum.
(b) In a hammock.
(c) In prison.
(d) In his office.

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

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

12. Rose and Bianca help with what family business?
(a) Their father's apothecary shop.
(b) Their father's chemistry lab.
(c) Their grandfather's printmaking shop.
(d) Their father's winery.

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

14. How do Rose and Bianca spend the rest of the night?
(a) They stay up all night talking.
(b) They go out late for more food.
(c) They call their father and talk for hours.
(d) They do not remember.

15. How does Alec feel about killing specimens and orphaning their young?
(a) He is torn between his work and his emotions.
(b) He is glad to kill the specimens and turn them into scientific facts.
(c) He is guilty and it starts to depress him.
(d) He is not guilty because that is his work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news do Rose and Bianca have from their father?

2. What do Rose and Bianca share in addition to their text books?

3. When does Zaga sell the house in Soroche?

4. What is the Marburg sisters' mother's name?

5. What does Rose cook for Bianca?

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