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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What official charges were brought up against Tati after the attack?
(a) No charges were brought up against Tati.
(b) Manslaughter.
(c) Attempted murder.
(d) First-degree murder.

2. Which school subject did both Christopher and Sarah Anne excel at?
(a) Science.
(b) Literature.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Foreign languages.

3. How long before Linnaeus' death is the story "The English Pupil" set?
(a) One month.
(b) One hour.
(c) One day.
(d) One week.

4. How do the couple's children feel about Jonathan and Ruby's relationship?
(a) They are angered by it.
(b) They are proud of it.
(c) They understand it.
(d) They are confused by it.

5. At what stage of the course do Jonathan and Ruby meet?
(a) On the 1st day.
(b) On the 12th day.
(c) On the 30th day.
(d) On the 22nd day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Antonia's deep depression as an adult?

2. When they returned home, how did Jonathan and Ruby's families react to meeting each other?

3. Which of the following facts does Linnaeus struggle to remember about his daughter, Sophia?

4. Which of Linneaus' students was likely known as the titular "English Pupil"?

5. In what year is "Rare Bird" set?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Antonia's life change in the 1970s?

2. What aspects of Linnaeus' students' lives are remembered in the story "The English Pupil"?

3. What was Tati's reaction to his supervisor's death?

4. What happens to Linnaeus on his way back home at the end of the story?

5. What is the state of Christopher and Sara Anne's relationship at the end of the story "Rare Bird"?

6. What is the emotional state of Jonathan and Ruby's relationship at the end of the story - when they are both in their fifties?

7. What clues does the text give as to Richard's age?

8. How did Richard manage to obtain a handwritten letter from his idol, Mendel?

9. What is Sara Anne's intelligence level for a woman of her time?

10. What happened to Antonia when she visited her grandfather at work when he had a new German supervisor?

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