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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following adjectives best describes the Marburg sisters when they were growing up?

2. How does Theo's parenting of his daughters change after their mother dies?

3. What is the name of the Marburg sisters' grandfather?

4. Who acts as Dr. Grant's nurse before he dies?

5. Which of Zaga's relatives was acquatinted with Charles Darwin?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened to Alec Carrière on his way home from Brazil?

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

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

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

6. How did Wallace and Carrière meet?

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

8. How do Bianca and Rose spend their evening in August, 1980 when Bianca visits Rose's laboratory?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Billip children in the story "Rare Bird" were highly educated and quite wealthy. How did this upbringing affect the children into their adulthood? Which of the children could symbolically be considered the titular "Rare Bird"? How can you tell? Be sure to include examples from the text to help strengthen your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

All throughout his life in the story "Birds with no Feet" scientist Carrière has been faced with many personal setbacks. First, create a timeline chronicling the setbacks that affected Carrière's career. Then, describe Carrière's reaction to these setbacks and how explain how Carrière's reaction compares / contrasts to his idol, Wallace's reactions. Be sure to include examples from the text to help strengthen your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

What initially drives Dr. Lauchlin Grant to the quarantine station on Grosse Isle? How does Lauchlin's character grow and change over the course of "Ship Fever"? How do his contacts with Nora Kynd and the other Irish emigrants alter his view of the world?

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