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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Linnaeus do when Pehr tells him that they should return?

2. Who climbs into Linnaeus' sleigh at the end of the story?

3. How long after they leave the marine biology station does Ruby call Jonathan?

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

5. What is the house like before the children are grown?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens on the night about which Jonathan and Ruby will not speak?

2. How does Linnaeus view what his pupils have done for him?

3. What is remarkable about Thunberg?

4. What happens when Ruby gets away from her family to call Jonathan?

5. How do Jonathan and Ruby act when they are together after their first real conversation?

6. What does Antonia tell Richard when they are dating?

7. Describe the late years in Mendel's career.

8. When do Jonathan and Ruby really notice each other for the first time?

9. Richard is sensitive about what condition?

10. What do Linnaeus and his coachman do when they reach Hammarby?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several of the stories in "Ship Fever" feature the scientific method. Using specific examples from the three stories, describe the importance of the scientific method in Barrett's stories.

Essay Topic 2

Barrett invokes Mendel's theories about hybridization in peas, Linnaeus' career developing a classification scheme for plants and animals, and Darwin's theories about the descent of species. Are these theories manifested in the development of the stories? That is, do the characters themselves, rather than working with these theories, provide evidence of them? Discuss three stories as evidence of scientific laws.

Essay Topic 3

Many of Barrett's stories contain parents and children. How does the parent-child relationship function in three of the stories? Alternatively, how does the sibling-sibling relationship function in three of the stories?

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