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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. In what scientific principle does Wallace profess his faith when he is talking with Alec in Borneo?
(a) Adaptation through divine intent.
(b) The emergence of new varieties of species.
(c) Evolution as a punctuated equilibrium.
(d) The permanence of species.

2. How is Wallace doing when Alec finds him in Borneo?
(a) He is nearly starved.
(b) He is depressed about losing specimens to flooding.
(c) He is fit and working hard.
(d) He has the ague.

3. What do Rose and Bianca do at midnight?
(a) Go to the creek.
(b) Go to the ocean.
(c) Go to a bar.
(d) Go to the cliffs.

4. What do Rose and Bianca talk about with their mother when they contact her?
(a) Their father's death.
(b) Their grandfather's dogs.
(c) Their father's shop.
(d) Their grandmother's dowry.

5. How do Rose and Bianca spend the rest of the night?
(a) They call their father and talk for hours.
(b) They go out late for more food.
(c) They stay up all night talking.
(d) They do not remember.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barton give Alec?

2. What response has Sarah Anne had to the letter she had written during the dinner party?

3. Who dies of the ague?

4. What does Alec tell Wallace when he writes to him at the end of the story?

5. How does Zaga spend her days after she moves downtown?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bianca do now?

2. What happens when Rose and Bianca return to Hammondsport for the funeral?

3. Why can Alec not believe that there is a fire on the ship?

4. What does Alec Carriere have in the hold when "Birds with No Feet" begins?

5. How do Rose and Bianca communicate with their mother?

6. What happens on the night when Rose convinces Bianca to camp out at the lab with her?

7. What happens to Sarah Anne and Catherine after they perform their experiment?

8. What experiment do Sarah Anne and Catherine perform?

9. How do Zaga's stepchildren react when Zaga is sick in Chile?

10. What difficulties does Alec have in bringing the Birds of Paradise back with him?

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