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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 Rose and Bianca study in college?
(a) Zoology.
(b) Biochemistry.
(c) Romance languages.
(d) Literature.

2. Bianca is thinking about what when she drives to see Rose in 1980?
(a) The undead.
(b) Eternity.
(c) Evolution.
(d) The dead.

3. To whom does Sarah Anne write a letter when she is alone?
(a) Mendel.
(b) Lamarck.
(c) Darwin.
(d) Linnaeus.

4. When does Zaga sell the house in Soroche?
(a) Before her departure for Chile.
(b) After her pregnancy.
(c) A few months after Joel's funeral.
(d) While Joel is in Chile.

5. Where does Zaga move when the investment scheme falls through?
(a) She moves into a row house.
(b) She lives with her children.
(c) She lives on the street.
(d) She moves in with Joel's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Alec's decision to collect specimens from South America seem promising?

2. In what scientific principle does Wallace profess his faith when he is talking with Alec in Borneo?

3. How is Wallace doing when Alec finds him in Borneo?

4. What is Rose doing now?

5. How does Alec feel about killing specimens and orphaning their young?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Alec do before he sails for the Amazon?

2. What happens to Zaga after the investment she makes in Nicholas Bennett's scheme fails?

3. What experiment do Sarah Anne and Catherine perform?

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

5. What is Wallace like when Alec first meets him?

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

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

8. What does Rose do now?

9. Why do Wallace and Alec not travel together in the Malay Archipelago?

10. What does Zaga find in Joel's closet?

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