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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 do Rose and Bianca keep in touch with each other after they visit at Rose's lab?

2. What is Rose doing now?

3. What response has Sarah Anne had to the letter she had written during the dinner party?

4. What does Rose cook for Bianca?

5. Why has Zaga agreed to raise Joel's children?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Rose and Bianca return to Hammondsport for the funeral?

3. What happens to Sarah Anne and Catherine after they perform their experiment?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are plants and animals described in the stories? What roles do they play in the drama being played out among the characters? Using examples from three of the stories, describe how plants and animals figure in Barrett's book.

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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