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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Zaga move when the investment scheme falls through?
(a) She moves in with Joel's sister.
(b) She moves into a row house.
(c) She lives on the street.
(d) She lives with her children.

2. Who dies of the ague?
(a) Darwin.
(b) Ali, the orangutan.
(c) Mr. Barton.
(d) Lamarck.

3. When is "Birds with No Feet" set?
(a) 1872.
(b) 1827.
(c) 1825.
(d) 1852.

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

5. Why has Zaga agreed to raise Joel's children?
(a) Because she loves Joel.
(b) Because she cannot get pregnant.
(c) Because she is too old to have children.
(d) Because she has lost her own baby.

6. What does Rose cook for Bianca?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Mushrooms.
(c) Beans.
(d) Squash.

7. Who does Rob want Zaga to meet when he calls her?
(a) Rob and Alicia.
(b) Dr. Sepulveda.
(c) His daughter.
(d) Nicholas Bennett.

8. To whom does Zaga rent her condominium?
(a) An evolutionary biologist.
(b) A lepidopterist.
(c) An actuary and his wife.
(d) A pair of brokers.

9. What news do Rose and Bianca have from their father?
(a) That he is thinking about selling the winery.
(b) That he is ill.
(c) That he is thinking about selling their grandfather's printmaking shop.
(d) That he is thinking about selling the apothecary shop.

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

11. What do Rose and Bianca study in college?
(a) Biochemistry.
(b) Romance languages.
(c) Zoology.
(d) Literature.

12. When does Zaga sell the house in Soroche?
(a) Before her departure for Chile.
(b) After her pregnancy.
(c) A few months after Joel's funeral.
(d) While Joel is in Chile.

13. Where do Rose and Bianca get together again?
(a) Topsail Island.
(b) Turtle Beach.
(c) Kennebunk.
(d) Hammondsport.

14. Who is Dr. Sepulveda?
(a) The tour guide who takes Joel and Zaga through Chile.
(b) A widower Zaga meets in Chile.
(c) Joel's step father.
(d) A curator at the art museum.

15. What is Rose doing now?
(a) Traveling.
(b) Writing about genetic transmission.
(c) Working for her father.
(d) Studying enzyme structures.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mrs. Pearce and Sarah Anne Billopp agree on what during their conversation?

2. What theory in particular are they discussing at the beginning of "Rare Bird?"

3. What are Rose and Bianca like in their youth?

4. To whom does Sarah Anne write a letter when she is alone?

5. How does Rose's and Bianca's mother tell them to find what they need?

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