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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following best describes Dr. Jaques, Grant's boss at Grosse Isle?
(a) All of the answers are true.
(b) Frantic.
(c) Cold.
(d) Unorganized.

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

3. How many children does Joel have when he marries Zaga?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

4. When Alec Carrière reads Wallace's work, what does he feel?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Apathy.
(d) Pride.

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

6. Where are most Paradisaea apoda specimen kept?
(a) In Africa.
(b) In America.
(c) In Europe.
(d) In Asia.

7. What U.S. state do the Marburg sisters grow up in?
(a) New York.
(b) California.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Georgia.

8. When was Zaga born?
(a) In the 1950s.
(b) In the 1960s.
(c) In the 1970s.
(d) In the 1940s.

9. Which element of science were the Marburg sisters interested in as teenagers?
(a) Biochemistry.
(b) Nuclear Physics.
(c) Anatomy.
(d) Aerodynamics.

10. How does Dr. Grant react when he first sees the sick patients aboard the ships at Grosse Isle?
(a) He is insulted to have been brought here.
(b) He is disgusted and he vomits.
(c) He is overwhelmed with sympathy.
(d) He is afraid his skills aren't good enough to meet the demand.

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

12. Which of the following, terrible events occurs to Zaga on her honeymoon?
(a) She nearly drowns.
(b) She is admitted into the hospital with acute fever.
(c) She miscarries her pregnancy.
(d) She is mugged at gunpoint.

13. Whose advice did Zaga take about money after Joel's death?
(a) Rob's.
(b) Her mother's.
(c) No one's.
(d) Alicia's.

14. How does Alec Carrière lose his collection while en route home?
(a) It is stolen.
(b) It is forgotten.
(c) It is sent to the wrong destination.
(d) It burns.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following activities does Zaga excel in?

2. Where is Dr. Grant sent in the hopes of gaining funding for Grosse Isle?

3. How does Alec Carrière's pet die?

4. Where did Jemmy Button live during the years he was away from his native island?

5. Where had Alfred Wallace, Alec Carrière's mentor, spent his years collecting specimens?

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