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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 have Wallace's fortunes changed since he meets Alec in the Amazon?

2. What do Rose and Bianca do at midnight?

3. What is the Marburg sisters' mother's name?

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

5. Where are Wallace's specimens placed when Wallace arrives in England?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Rose and Bianca do now at the time of the story?

2. Why do Wallace and Alec not travel together in the Malay Archipelago?

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

4. How do Rose and Bianca communicate with their mother?

5. What is Wallace like when Alec first meets him?

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

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

8. What does Bianca do now?

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

10. What does Alec Carriere have in the hold when "Birds with No Feet" begins?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Many of Barrett's stories contain parents and children. How does the parent-child relationship function in three of the stories? Alternatively, how does the sibling-sibling relationship function in three of the stories?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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