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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. How does Ruby get away from her house to call Jonathan?
(a) She tells her husband that they need office supplies.
(b) She tells her husband that she has been doing some late night field work.
(c) She tells her husband she needz something from the office.
(d) She tells her husband that she wantz to get some groceries.

2. What do both Jonathan and Ruby have?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Spouses and children.
(c) Overbearing mentors.
(d) German cars.

3. Why is it difficult to experiment on hawkweeds?
(a) They require precisely monitored conditions for fertilization.
(b) They can be fertilized with pollen from other plants.
(c) They are hard to fertilize.
(d) They produce seeds without fertilization.

4. Who is Carl Nageli?
(a) Mendel's father-in-law.
(b) A policeman in Brno.
(c) A botanist in Munich.
(d) Mendel's lover's husband.

5. What is the house like before the children are grown?
(a) It is always filled with children.
(b) It is always noisy with children coming and going.
(c) It is quiet on weekends and filled with children all week.
(d) It is filled with children on weekends and quiet in between.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Linnaeus' wife at the beginning of the story?

2. Which of Linnaeus' students has been most faithful about writing?

3. What do Jonathan and Ruby find to be difficult when returning after their time at the marine biology station?

4. Why does Linnaeus ask his coachman to keep driving at the beginning of the story?

5. Where does Linnaeus' coachman take him when they arrive at Hammarby?

Short Essay Questions

1. The children talk about what when they visit Ruby and Jonathan?

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

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

4. Describe Tati, also known as Anton Vaculik, Antonia's grandfather.

5. Describe the late years in Mendel's career.

6. What happens when Tati sees Antonia and Leiniger together in the greenhouse?

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

8. Where are Jonathan and Ruby working when they meet?

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

10. Describe the scene when Jonathan, Ruby, and the other researchers return to their families.

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