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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ship Fever.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Richard say about Mendel when he (Richard) is courting his wife?
(a) He says that Mendel is his hero.
(b) He says that he is going to finish Mendel's work.
(c) He says that Mendel is often mistaken in his assumptions.
(d) He says that Mendel is often misunderstood.

2. At whose house is Wallace staying when Alec finds him next in 1855?
(a) Dr. Lauchlin Grant.
(b) Mr. Barton.
(c) Sir John Brooke.
(d) Mr. Adam Rowley.

3. Where is Ruby working when she meets Jonathan?
(a) At a college in the Berkshires.
(b) At a college near Albany.
(c) At a college in Ithaca.
(d) At a university in Boston.

4. The passengers on the second ship are in what shape?
(a) Much better than the first.
(b) They are almost all on the verge of dying.
(c) Most are better, but a few cases are dire.
(d) Much worse than the first.

5. What question does Dr. Jacques ask when he and Dr. Grant board the ship?
(a) How many sick passengers have recovered during the trip?
(b) How many passengers have died on the voyage?
(c) How many times has the ship turned back before leaving port?
(d) How many passengers have been seasick?

Short Answer Questions

1. Jonathan and Ruby are looking at what when they have their first real conversation?

2. What rule of Rose's separates Rose from Bianca?

3. How is Linnaeus' health at the beginning of the story?

4. Rose and Bianca help with what family business?

5. Why has Zaga agreed to raise Joel's children?

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