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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Rare Bird.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Linnaeus ask his coachman to keep driving at the beginning of the story?
(a) He is anxious to get to the laboratory.
(b) He is uncertain about where he is going.
(c) He is resigned to living without his family.
(d) He is dying and likes the long drives.

2. What is Linnaeus' wife's name?
(a) Sara Ann.
(b) Anna Lisa.
(c) Ingrid.
(d) Sigrid.

3. What does Zaga find in Joel's closet?
(a) Pictures from Chile.
(b) Baby clothes.
(c) Artwork.
(d) Bills and letters.

4. What does Nageli suggest to Mendel?
(a) That he turn his focus to peas.
(b) That he send Tati to study with him.
(c) That he leave Brno and move to Munich.
(d) That he focus his research on hawkweeds.

5. How old is Sophia when her brother, Linnaeus' son, dies?
(a) Seven.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Nine.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antonia think about what Otto Leiniger has asked of her in the greenhouse?

2. What does Richard say about Mendel when he (Richard) is courting his wife?

3. When does Antonia meet Richard?

4. How far into their course are Jonathan and Ruby before they have their first real conversation?

5. Where does the second scene of "Rare Bird" open?

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