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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bianca is thinking about what when she drives to see Rose in 1980?
(a) The undead.
(b) The dead.
(c) Evolution.
(d) Eternity.

2. What has Mr. Barton just done for Alec?
(a) Barton has just sold his collection of specimens.
(b) Barton has just arranged for Alec to marry.
(c) Barton has just put Alec in touch with Wallace.
(d) Barton has just contracted with Alec for more specimens.

3. What does Barton give Alec?
(a) Letters of introduction.
(b) Specimens.
(c) Passage to the Amazon.
(d) Money.

4. Rose and Bianca help with what family business?
(a) Their father's winery.
(b) Their father's chemistry lab.
(c) Their father's apothecary shop.
(d) Their grandfather's printmaking shop.

5. What does Alec tell Wallace when he writes to him at the end of the story?
(a) He laments his father's death.
(b) He describes his failures.
(c) He describes the next collecting journey he plans to take.
(d) He lists the discoveries he has made.

Short Answer Questions

1. How have Wallace's fortunes changed since he meets Alec in the Amazon?

2. What has Alec been collecting in Sarawak?

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

4. Whose theories are Christopher Billopp, his sister Sarah Anne, and their guests discussing?

5. What is Rose doing now?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Alec do before he sails for the Amazon?

2. What happeneds when Rose and Bianca rush to Hammondsport to see their father before he dies?

3. What do Rose and Bianca do now at the time of the story?

4. What happens when Mrs. Pearce asks Sarah Anne what she is looking at when they meet at the bridge?

5. Why can Alec not believe that there is a fire on the ship?

6. What is Wallace like when Alec first meets him?

7. What experiment do Sarah Anne and Catherine perform?

8. What does Zaga find in Joel's closet?

9. What does Bianca do now?

10. What does Rose do now?

(see the answer keys)

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