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

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

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

4. Jonathan asks Ruby about what when she calls?
(a) Her divorce.
(b) His letter.
(c) Her tenure review.
(d) Her work.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard tell his students about Gregor Mendel?

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

3. When does "The English Pupil" take place?

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

5. Whom does Sophia nurse back to health?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Jonathan and Ruby act when they are together after their first real conversation?

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

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

4. What does Tati see when he scales the monastery walls outside of Brno?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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