View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Rose and Bianca study in college?

2. What does Barton give Alec?

3. How is Wallace doing when Alec finds him in Borneo?

4. How does Alec feel about killing specimens and orphaning their young?

5. What does Rose cook for Bianca?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 2

In "The Marburg Sisters" and "Soroche," science is a minor aspect of the relationship between the characters and the development of the storyline in the plot. What do these stories tell us about the other stories? How does Barrett handle romantic relationships differently from relationships that are grounded in science?

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.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 948 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample