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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 does Susanna's husband do for a living?
(a) He is a taxidermist.
(b) He is a journalist.
(c) He is a blacksmith.
(d) He is a doctor.

2. How does Dr. Grant hear about the need at Grosse Isle?
(a) From a delivered pamphlet.
(b) In the newspaper.
(c) Through a letter.
(d) At the urging a friend.

3. How does Alec Carrière's pet die?
(a) It is shot.
(b) From fever.
(c) From old age.
(d) It is smashed under a Jeep's tire.

4. In what business did Joel make his wealth?
(a) Botany.
(b) Taxidermy.
(c) Journalism.
(d) Pharmaceuticals.

5. Which of the following sicknesses is known as "ship fever"?
(a) Scarlet fever.
(b) Typhus.
(c) Chicken pox.
(d) Malaria.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon returning to America, what does Alec Carrière decide to do with his life?

2. How do the U.S. museums respond to Alec Carrière's Paradisaea apoda specimen?

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

4. Which of the following best describes Zaga's family?

5. Which island did Jemmy Button come from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Wallace and Carrière meet?

2. Why are the Marburg sisters so wild?

3. What unusual pet did Carrière keep for a short time while in the Malay Archipelago, and what happened to this unusual pet?

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

5. Who is Jemmy Button?

6. Why is Carrière jealous of Wallace?

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

8. What unexpected request does Dr. George Douglas make of Laughlin?

9. What parallels can be found between Carrière and his idol, Alfred Wallace?

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

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