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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Birds With No Feet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following descriptions of Juliette is NOT true?
(a) She is beautiful.
(b) She is uneducated.
(c) She is interested in scientific theory.
(d) She is a snappy dresser.

2. During the discussion of swallows, which of Sarah Anne's statements does Christopher find inappropriate?
(a) All of the answers are true.
(b) Sarah Anne's personal theory.
(c) Sarah Anne's proposed scientific experiment.
(d) Sarah Anne's dismissal of the scientists' arguments

3. Where did Alec Carrière hope to sell his vast collections?
(a) To American museums.
(b) To fellow scientists.
(c) To European collectors.
(d) He did not intend to sell his collection.

4. In what year is "Rare Bird" set?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1762.
(c) 1662.
(d) 1862.

5. How do Catherine and Sarah Anne regularly spend their time together?
(a) Drinking wine and gossiping.
(b) Performing scientific experiments
(c) Cooking and eating meals.
(d) Reading books and writing letters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Alec Carrière find most of the items in his massive collection?

2. How long before Linnaeus' death is the story "The English Pupil" set?

3. Where does Sarah Anne meet Catherine?

4. How does Linnaeus travel?

5. What did Carl Linnaeus do for a living before he retired?

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