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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Marburg Sisters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Wallace doing when Alec finds him in Borneo?
(a) He is depressed about losing specimens to flooding.
(b) He is fit and working hard.
(c) He is nearly starved.
(d) He has the ague.

2. What do Jonathan and Ruby compare as they start their first real conversation?
(a) Fish samples.
(b) Seaweed samples.
(c) Stories about their professors.
(d) Sores and poison ivy.

3. Who is Anton Vaculik?
(a) Richard's maternal uncle.
(b) Richard's wife's father.
(c) Richard's maternal grandfather.
(d) Richard's wife's grandfather.

4. What have Linnaeus' students done for him?
(a) They have written his books and articles.
(b) They have cared for him in his old age.
(c) They have done his work of gathering and classifying plants and animals.
(d) They have married his daughters.

5. Where does Sophia tell Linnaeus they will go next?
(a) Hammarby.
(b) Lappland.
(c) Uppsala.
(d) Home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Rose and Bianca do at midnight?

2. What is Christopher Billopp's relationship with Miss Juliet Colden?

3. What does Rose cook for Bianca?

4. What does Barton give Alec?

5. Which answer describes Sophia's appearance?

(see the answer key)

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