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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) Evolution as a punctuated equilibrium.
(c) The emergence of new varieties of species.
(d) The permanence of species.

2. Where is Bianca when Rose wakes up the next morning?
(a) Out with the lab director.
(b) On the way home.
(c) Gone.
(d) Out getting food.

3. What is Wallace doing while Alec is sweating through the ague and sending samples to Philadelphia?
(a) Stealing from Alec's collection of samples.
(b) Locating archaeological specimens that illustrate the evolution of species.
(c) Writing about the origin of species.
(d) Sending his samples ahead of Alec's.

4. What role does Sarah Anne play when the guests are talking?
(a) Hostess.
(b) Mother.
(c) Princess.
(d) Guest.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who hires the nurse who takes care of Rose's and Bianca's father when he is dying?

2. Where do Rose and Bianca get together again?

3. What has Mr. Barton just done for Alec?

4. In what case does Alec precede Wallace?

5. What is Christopher Billopp's relationship with Miss Juliet Colden?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Alec returns to America with his Birds of Paradise?

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

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

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

6. What does Bianca do now?

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

8. What do Rose and Bianca do now at the time of the story?

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

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

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