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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. Whose spirit do the girls conjure up in their first seance?
(a) Their mother's.
(b) Their grandfather's.
(c) Their father's.
(d) Their mother's.

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

3. What is the name of the Marburg sisters' mother?
(a) Luky.
(b) Tuky.
(c) Wuky.
(d) Suky.

4. How old is Zaga when she marries Joel?
(a) Twenty-eight.
(b) Twenty-four.
(c) Nineteen.
(d) Thirty-one.

5. When Bianca visits Rose's laboratory as adults, which of the following is NOT something they do after sneaking out the lab window?
(a) Fall asleep on the shore.
(b) Swim in a muddy pool.
(c) Sunbathe naked.
(d) Hunt for frogs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Annie Taggert feel about Dr. Grant?

3. After his collecting exhibition, how does Alec Carrière return to the States?

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

5. What U.S. state do the Marburg sisters grow up in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the state of Zaga's life at the end of "Soroche"?

2. How did Wallace and Carrière meet?

3. What scientific breakthrough does Carrière make in the biologic world?

4. Why does Joel often feel that his attention must be divided, between Zaga and someone else?

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

6. Who is Adam Rowley?

7. Who started the winery in "The Marburg Sisters" and who runs it at the time of the story's setting?

8. What is the state of the passengers aboard the ships at Grosse Isle?

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

10. What devastating event occurs on Joel and Zaga's honeymoon?

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