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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Jonathan and Ruby do after their first real conversation?

2. Who is Anton Vaculik?

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

4. Who arrives with Sophia right after Pehr tells Linnaeus that they should return?

5. What does Antonia tell Sebastian Dunitz that she has not told her husband?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the late years in Mendel's career.

4. When a man and a woman arrive, who does Linnaeus think they are?

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

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

7. What is remarkable about Thunberg?

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

9. What do Jonathan and Ruby do when the tension builds between them?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are plants and animals described in the stories? What roles do they play in the drama being played out among the characters? Using examples from three of the stories, describe how plants and animals figure in Barrett's book.

Essay Topic 2

Characters devote a great deal of attention to their studies in these stories. What exactly do they hope to gain? What satisfaction do they get from the work? Cite examples from three stories.

Essay Topic 3

In several of the stories, characters withhold their feelings or avoid certain conversations. What effect does their withholding of information have on three of the stories? Cite specific examples from the text.

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