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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. Linnaeus has forgotten about which student?

2. How far into their course are Jonathan and Ruby before they have their first real conversation?

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

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

5. What is in Linnaeus' museum?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is remarkable about Thunberg?

3. How has Carl Nageli influenced Mendel's work?

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

5. What does Linnaeus remember about Rotheram?

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

7. What does Richard tell his students about Mendel's life?

8. What scene does Tati see between Antonia and Otto Leiniger?

9. What vision does Linnaeus see near the fireplace?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

How are lay people different from scientists? Are their human relationships different from the human relationships scientists have? Cite examples from three stories.

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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