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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. What is Wallace doing while Alec is sweating through the ague and sending samples to Philadelphia?

2. Under what circumstances has Wallace lost his own specimens?

3. What do Rose and Bianca study in college?

4. What does Rose cook for Bianca?

5. Whose theories are Christopher Billopp, his sister Sarah Anne, and their guests discussing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens on the night when Rose convinces Bianca to camp out at the lab with her?

3. What happens when Alec returns to America with his Birds of Paradise?

4. What experiment do Sarah Anne and Catherine perform?

5. What does Rose do now?

6. What happens to Zaga after the investment she makes in Nicholas Bennett's scheme fails?

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

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

9. How do Zaga's stepchildren react when Zaga is sick in Chile?

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

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

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

Several of the stories in "Ship Fever" feature the scientific method. Using specific examples from the three stories, describe the importance of the scientific method in Barrett's stories.

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