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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 is NOT something Alec Carrière spent his life collecting?
(a) Minerals.
(b) Stamps.
(c) Plants.
(d) Animals.

2. Which of the characters is meant to be the symbolic "Rare Bird"?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Juliet.
(c) Sarah Anne.
(d) Christopher.

3. Who arranges Alec Carrière's medical care while he is ill?
(a) Alec Carrière's mother.
(b) No one.
(c) Alec Carrière himself.
(d) Wallace.

4. Upon returning to America, what does Alec Carrière decide to do with his life?
(a) Become a father.
(b) Study ornithology.
(c) Open a school.
(d) Join the army.

5. What is unique about the Paradisaea apoda specimen that Alec Carrière finds?
(a) It is still alive.
(b) It is a pregnant female.
(c) All of the answers are true.
(d) It is completely intact.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fabric was used to make the suits Linnaeus remembers his students always wearing?

2. Which of the following adjectives best describes Alec Carrière's father?

3. Where does Sarah Anne believe swallows spend their winters?

4. As he drives back home from his estate, what does Linnaeus imagine following him?

5. What war is America embroiled in when Alec Carrière returns to the U.S.?

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