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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Linnaeus thinks about what while he is driven through the snow?
(a) His wife.
(b) His daughter.
(c) Pea plants.
(d) Lapland.

2. What do Jonathan and Ruby do after their first real conversation?
(a) Skip all talks and assignments.
(b) Work together all the time.
(c) Phone their spouses and confess.
(d) Sit together at presentations.

3. What does Otto Leiniger do in 1931?
(a) He gives his daughter away in marriage.
(b) He emigrates to Paris.
(c) He publishes his response to Mendel's paper.
(d) He takes over the nursery where Tati works.

4. What does Richard tell his students about the paper he gives them?
(a) It should have been censored.
(b) It is a model of good science.
(c) It is irresponsible and dangerous thinking.
(d) It is going to revolutionize science.

5. What does Nageli suggest to Mendel?
(a) That he send Tati to study with him.
(b) That he focus his research on hawkweeds.
(c) That he turn his focus to peas.
(d) That he leave Brno and move to Munich.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do both Jonathan and Ruby have?

2. What does Linnaeus do when Pehr tells him that they should return?

3. What is in Linnaeus' museum?

4. When does Antonia meet Richard?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is remarkable about Thunberg?

2. Richard is sensitive about what condition?

3. In what situation is the coachman at the beginning of "The English Pupil?"

4. In what state is Carl Linnaeus at the beginning of the story?

5. What does Antonia tell Richard when they are dating?

6. How does Linnaeus view what his pupils have done for him?

7. What vision does Linnaeus see near the fireplace?

8. What happens when Ruby gets away from her family to call Jonathan?

9. What does Linnaeus think as he is leaving Hammarby?

10. When do Jonathan and Ruby really notice each other for the first time?

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