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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Behavior of the Hawkweeds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Antonia meet Richard?
(a) She is writing her thesis and he is one of her students.
(b) She is living with a boyfriend and he is working as a gardener.
(c) She is reading in a cafe where he is having lunch with a friend.
(d) She is working at the GE plant and he is finishing his thesis.

2. What does Mendel do when Tati jumps over the wall at the monastery?
(a) He brings him back to his house and interrogates him about what he has seen.
(b) He shows him a tame fox and other animals.
(c) He attacks him.
(d) He runs and hides.

3. Who is Richard's wife in "The Behavior of the Hawkweeds?"
(a) Leni.
(b) Antonia.
(c) Anna.
(d) Sophie.

4. Who does Antonia think Otto Leiniger is?
(a) A scholar.
(b) A soldier.
(c) A gentleman.
(d) A salesman.

5. What does Antonia tell Sebastian Dunitz that she has not told her husband?
(a) Where she has learned about Mendel.
(b) The flaws in her husband's experimental techniques.
(c) Where she has kept Tati's papers.
(d) Mendel's horticultural secrets.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Anton Vaculik leave his homeland?

2. What does Richard tell his students about the paper he gives them?

3. What happens after Antonia's daughters grow up and move away?

4. Where does Anton Vaculik work?

5. When does Mendel begin his experiments?

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