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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. What do Jonathan and Ruby compare as they start their first real conversation?
(a) Fish samples.
(b) Seaweed samples.
(c) Sores and poison ivy.
(d) Stories about their professors.

2. Which of Linnaeus' students has been most faithful about writing?
(a) Thunberg.
(b) Falck.
(c) Hasselquist.
(d) Ternstrom.

3. Where is Jonathan working when he meets Ruby?
(a) At a college in the Berkshires.
(b) At a college near Albany.
(c) At a university in Boston.
(d) At a college in Ithaca.

4. How old is Linnaeus' son when his son dies?
(a) Twenty seven years old.
(b) Thirty seven years old.
(c) Five years old.
(d) Two years old.

5. What does Richard tell his students about Gregor Mendel?
(a) He tells them the author's life story.
(b) He describes the author's marriage.
(c) He tells them about the author's flight from his homeland.
(d) He describes the author's rivalry with another scientist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which answer describes Sophia's appearance?

2. What does Otto Leiniger ask Antonia to do when he finds her alone in the greenhouse?

3. Linnaeus thinks about what while he is driven through the snow?

4. What is the house like before the children are grown?

5. What is Linnaeus' wife's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Richard smile and look at his wife when he tells the story of Mendel's life?

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

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

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

5. What has Linnaeus built at Hammarby?

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

7. Richard is sensitive about what condition?

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

9. How has Carl Nageli influenced Mendel's work?

10. What does Richard tell his students about Mendel's life?

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