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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. When the girls are spending the evening in Rose's laboratory what is the one thing they wish for?
(a) To have personal success, academically and personally.
(b) For their father to accept them for who they are.
(c) To be able to speak with their mother.
(d) To remain best friends forever.

2. How do the U.S. museums respond to Alec Carrière's Paradisaea apoda specimen?
(a) They are astounded.
(b) They are apathetic.
(c) They are frustrated.
(d) They are confused.

3. Where had Alfred Wallace, Alec Carrière's mentor, spent his years collecting specimens?
(a) South America.
(b) Africa.
(c) The Caribbean Islands.
(d) North America.

4. Where does Joel take Zaga for their honeymoon?
(a) Chile.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Argentina.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Alec Carrière lose his collection while en route home?

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

3. What does Rose's husband, Harry, do for a living?

4. Which of the following best describes Dr. Jaques, Grant's boss at Grosse Isle?

5. Where was Zaga living at the end of the story "Soroche"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened to Jemmy Button a year after arriving in England?

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

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

5. How does Laughlin's relationship with Nora change at the end of the story "Ship Fever"?

6. Where did Alec Carrière grow up, and what was his ambition in life?

7. Who is Adam Rowley?

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

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

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

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