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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. Who is Anton Vaculik?

2. What does Tati see when he climbs the wall at the Augustinian monastery in Brno?

3. Linnaeus has forgotten about which student?

4. Richard is sensitive about what?

5. When do Jonathan and Ruby have their first real conversation?

Short Essay Questions

1. Richard is sensitive about what condition?

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

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

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

5. What has Linnaeus built at Hammarby?

6. In what state is Carl Linnaeus at the beginning of the story?

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

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

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

10. Why does Richard smile and look at his wife when he tells the story of Mendel's life?

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

In "The Behavior of the Hawkweeds," Tati breaks the law by stabbing and inadvertently killing Otto Leiniger. Where else are laws or rules broken in Barrett's stories? What are the consequences of laws or rules bring broken? Cite specific examples from the text.

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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