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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who among Iano's siblings is said to run a salmon-fishing charter in Alaska?
(a) Antigone.
(b) Artemisia.
(c) Darcie.
(d) Aurelia.

2. Who is Leverett Dunwiddie's father?
(a) James.
(b) Orville.
(c) Thatcher.
(d) Uri.

3. What does Captain Landis's lawyer intend to present as his defense in Chapter 16?
(a) Full guilt.
(b) Self defense.
(c) Temporary insanity.
(d) Justified need.

4. Where did Iano take his father's ashes after his death?
(a) Phoenix.
(b) Flagstaff.
(c) Salt Lake City.
(d) Los Angeles.

5. Christopher Hawk earned a double master's in history and what study?
(a) Biology.
(b) Linguistics.
(c) Chemistry.
(d) English literature.

6. What do Thatcher and Uri eat while having coffee in Chapter 10?
(a) Sausages.
(b) Steak.
(c) Oysters.
(d) Chicken porridge.

7. Whose reaction to Darwin's theories does Cutler present from the Quarterly Review in the debate in Chapter 12?
(a) Henry David Thoreau's.
(b) Joseph Priestly's.
(c) Samuel Wilbeforce's.
(d) Peter Petrofaccio's.

8. What is the third principle that Thatcher presents in his debate with Cutler in Chapter 12?
(a) "Survival is not haphazard" (323).
(b) "Traits in their variation are inherited" (320).
(c) "Individuals within a population are variable" (320).
(d) "Death stalks us all!" (321).

9. What does Zeke tell Willa he has decided to do concerning Dusty in Chapter 11?
(a) Grant custody to Willa and Iano.
(b) Take custody of Dusty himself.
(c) Place Dusty in a new foster home.
(d) Grant custody to Tig.

10. With whom does Zeke say he is moving in Chapter 17?
(a) Priya.
(b) Polly.
(c) Aurelia.
(d) Helene.

11. Who is the caretaker who comes to tend to Nick three times a week?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Jane.
(c) Michelle.
(d) Ella.

12. What does "Lex loci" translate to in English, as shown in Chapter 10 (258)?
(a) The law of the land.
(b) The written word.
(c) The eye of the beholder.
(d) The eye of the mind.

13. In the opening of Chapter 16, the narrator states, "Once, for nearly a fortnight, Thatcher slept" where (417)?
(a) "In a ditch."
(b) "In an attic."
(c) "In a tree."
(d) "In his car."

14. Where does Thatcher go to watch the lecture in Chapter 10?
(a) Wilson Hall.
(b) Landis Hall.
(c) Plum Hall.
(d) Greenway Hall.

15. Who did Tig say "had perfected all the kinds of fun that didn't cost anything" (428)?
(a) "Cubans."
(b) "Mexicans."
(c) "Italians."
(d) "The French."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Nick insist he wants to go tomorrow when Willa and Iano return home in Chapter 13?

2. What famous historical trial regarding evolution is referenced in Chapter 11?

3. To whom has Willis Chester become engaged in Chapter 14?

4. To whom does Willa give the Navajo rug in Chapter 17?

5. What state's presidential primary election is the focus of the news broadcasts in Chapter 13?

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