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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old are the Marburg sisters when their mother dies?
(a) 3 and 4.
(b) 16 and 17.
(c) 12 and 13.
(d) 9 and 10.

3. Which element is most important to the Marburg sisters' seance?
(a) Water.
(b) Wind.
(c) Fire.
(d) Earth.

4. How was Jemmy Button treated by his native land when he returned?
(a) He was an object of curiosity.
(b) He was treated the exact same as he was before he left.
(c) He was shunned
(d) He was embraced.

5. What unusual animal does Alec Carrière adopt as a pet while working in the Malay Archipelago?
(a) An orangutan.
(b) A tarantela.
(c) A boa constritor.
(d) An crocodile.

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

7. In what decade were the Marburg sisters born?
(a) The 1970s.
(b) The 1980s.
(c) The 1960s.
(d) The 1950s.

8. When the girls are spending the evening in Rose's laboratory what is the one thing they wish for?
(a) For their father to accept them for who they are.
(b) To be able to speak with their mother.
(c) To have personal success, academically and personally.
(d) To remain best friends forever.

9. Which aspect of medicine is most intriguing to Dr. Grant?
(a) Health and prevention
(b) Medical research.
(c) Pharmaceuticals.
(d) Patient care.

10. How much older is Joel than Zaga?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Five years.
(c) They are the same age.
(d) Twenty years

11. How did Rose and Harry meet?
(a) Harry and Rose graduated from college together.
(b) Harry adopted one of Rose's dogs.
(c) Harry helped Rose carry her groceries home.
(d) Harry once dated Bianca but later fell in love with Rose.

12. What illness does Alec Carrière come down with while in the Malay Archipelago?
(a) Typhoid Fever.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Chicken Pox.
(d) Scarlet Fever.

13. Where is Dr. Grant sent in the hopes of gaining funding for Grosse Isle?
(a) France.
(b) Canada.
(c) America.
(d) Egypt.

14. What does Annie Taggert do for a living?
(a) She is a prostitute.
(b) She is a maid.
(c) She is a nurse.
(d) She is a research assistant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following sicknesses is known as "ship fever"?

2. Who acts as Dr. Grant's nurse before he dies?

3. Which of Zaga's relatives was acquatinted with Charles Darwin?

4. Which of the following adjectives best describes the Marburg sisters when they were growing up?

5. When Alec Carrière reads Wallace's work, what does he feel?

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