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

2. What type of hospital is set up at Grosse Isle?
(a) A quarantine station.
(b) A patient recovery center.
(c) A state-of-the-art research hospital.
(d) A clinic for the poor and needy.

3. Which of the following best describes Zaga's family?
(a) Nonexistent.
(b) Poor.
(c) Wealthy.
(d) Middle class.

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

5. What is the name of the Marburg sisters' grandfather?
(a) Aries.
(b) Leo.
(c) Scorpio.
(d) Gemini.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following activities does Joel take part in during his honeymoon?

2. Which element is most important to the Marburg sisters' seance?

3. How does Joel's family feel about Zaga?

4. What is the name of Joel's sister?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Jemmy Button?

2. What notes does Laughlin make about disease and quarantine while he is working at Grosse Isle?

3. What does Zaga do with Joel's money after his death?

4. What becomes of Carrière's scientific breakthrough, and how does this end result compare to his hopes?

5. Why are the Marburg sisters so wild?

6. In the opening pages of "Soroche" what does the reader learn about Zaga's character?

7. Who is Adam Rowley?

8. How does Rose's life change in the wake of her father's death?

9. Why did Joel want to marry Zaga and how does he treat his new wife?

10. What school subject do the Marburg sisters excel in, and how does this shape their adulthood?

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