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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. Where does Zaga move when the investment scheme falls through?

2. What does Rose convince Bianca to do with her?

3. Which sister drops out of school, and when?

4. What makes Alec's decision to collect specimens from South America seem promising?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Mrs. Pearce asks Sarah Anne what she is looking at when they meet at the bridge?

2. What does Alec do before he sails for the Amazon?

3. What is the only case where Alec precedes Wallace?

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

5. What experiment do Sarah Anne and Catherine perform?

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

7. How is the relationship between Christopher and Sarah Anne Billopp?

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

9. Describe Rose's and Bianca's youth.

10. What does Dr. Sepulveda do for Zaga when she is sick?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Barrett invokes Mendel's theories about hybridization in peas, Linnaeus' career developing a classification scheme for plants and animals, and Darwin's theories about the descent of species. Are these theories manifested in the development of the stories? That is, do the characters themselves, rather than working with these theories, provide evidence of them? Discuss three stories as evidence of scientific laws.

Essay Topic 2

How does money appear in three stories? Are there other forms of exchange beside money? Cite specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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