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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. How does Linnaeus identify the man who arrives?

2. What has Linnaeus taught his students?

3. What does Ruby tell her daughter when she asks who started the relationship between Ruby and Jonathan?

4. Who is Carl Nageli?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Linnaeus view what his pupils have done for him?

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

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

4. What happens on the night about which Jonathan and Ruby will not speak?

5. What is remarkable about Thunberg?

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

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

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

9. What has Linnaeus built at Hammarby?

10. What does Linnaeus remember about Rotheram?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Barrett's characters also use other methods in addition to the scientific method. Using specific examples from the three stories, describe the alternatives to the scientific method in Barrett's stories.

Essay Topic 2

Death is a recurring presence in Barrett's stories. Citing specific examples from three stories, discuss the nature and importance of death in these stories. What does it mean to characters? Is death imbued with a scientific significance (i.e., does death ever follow Darwinian significance)?

Essay Topic 3

Alec and Wallace are alter egos in "Birds with No Feet," but do other characters seem like opposite sides of the same personality? With characters within one story, or characters from different stories, discuss the double, or alter, ego in Andrea Barrett's stories. Cite specific examples from the text.

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