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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 Sophia when her brother, Linnaeus' son, dies?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Seven.
(c) Nine.
(d) Two.

2. Where is Mendel born?
(a) Prague.
(b) Paris.
(c) Budapest.
(d) Moravia.

3. What do Ruby and Jonathan tell the children when they ask about what had happened on the island?
(a) They do not give details.
(b) They describe sitting together and falling in love.
(c) They say that they had known what they were doing was wrong.
(d) They say that they cannot remember.

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

5. When does Antonia meet Richard?
(a) She is writing her thesis and he is one of her students.
(b) She is reading in a cafe where he is having lunch with a friend.
(c) She is living with a boyfriend and he is working as a gardener.
(d) She is working at the GE plant and he is finishing his thesis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tati tell Antonia ruined Gregor Mendel's life?

2. Jonathan and Ruby laugh at what together at the marine biology station?

3. Where does Anton Vaculik work?

4. Who climbs into Linnaeus' sleigh at the end of the story?

5. What are Linnaeus' students holding when he sees them as he is leaving?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is remarkable about Thunberg?

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

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

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

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

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