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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. How does Linnaeus travel?
(a) By horseback.
(b) By sleigh.
(c) By car.
(d) By bicycle.

2. How old is Catherine?
(a) The same age as Sarah Anne.
(b) There is no mention of Catherine's age.
(c) Older than Sarah Anne.
(d) Younger than Sarah Anne.

3. What did the neighborhood believe was Tati's motivation in the violent attack?
(a) Racism.
(b) Protection.
(c) Pride.
(d) Greed.

4. Where does Sarah Anne believe swallows spend their winters?
(a) Underwater.
(b) In caves.
(c) High in the treetops.
(d) Down South.

5. How long is the course in which the scientists are away from their families?
(a) One week
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Four weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who picks Linnaeus up from the estate to bring him back home?

2. How did Jonathan react when he spoke to Ruby for the first time since returning home?

3. What are the names of Jonathan's children?

4. What part of Jonathan's body was Ruby first attracted to?

5. What is Tati's real name?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who does Linnaeus spend his time thinking about throughout the story?

3. Who is Sebastian Dunitz and how does he affect Antonia and RIchard's marriage?

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

5. How did Jonathan and Ruby treat each other once they returned to the mainland?

6. When was Antonia born, and how did her birth fit into her family's immigration plan?

7. How did Jonathan and Ruby end up on the island together in the story "The Littoral Zone"?

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

9. What were the ages of Jonathan and Ruby's children throughout the course of the story?

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

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