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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which aspect of medicine is most intriguing to Dr. Grant?
(a) Pharmaceuticals.
(b) Patient care.
(c) Medical research.
(d) Health and prevention

2. How do the U.S. museums respond to Alec Carrière's Paradisaea apoda specimen?
(a) They are astounded.
(b) They are apathetic.
(c) They are frustrated.
(d) They are confused.

3. Which of the following activities does Zaga excel in?
(a) Horseback riding.
(b) Needlepoint.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Painting.

4. When Joel dies, who inherits his great wealth?
(a) Zaga.
(b) His sister.
(c) Various charities.
(d) His children.

5. Which of the following drugs is NOT one that Bianca and Rose take together at Rose's laboratory?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Hallucinogenic mushrooms.

6. Why does Grosse Isle eventually shut down?
(a) Because there are no more sick patients.
(b) Because all of the doctors have died.
(c) Because the city can no longer afford to fund it.
(d) Because they run out of supplies.

7. What nationality is Zaga in the story "Soroche"?
(a) African.
(b) Hispanic.
(c) Caucasian.
(d) Asian.

8. In what decade were the Marburg sisters born?
(a) The 1960s.
(b) The 1950s.
(c) The 1980s.
(d) The 1970s.

9. How old is Zaga when she marries Joel?
(a) Thirty-one.
(b) Twenty-eight.
(c) Nineteen.
(d) Twenty-four.

10. What is unique about the Paradisaea apoda specimen that Alec Carrière finds?
(a) It is a pregnant female.
(b) It is still alive.
(c) It is completely intact.
(d) All of the answers are true.

11. How does Theo's parenting of his daughters change after their mother dies?
(a) He becomes overly affectionate and clingy.
(b) He stops parenting them completely.
(c) His parenting does not change at all.
(d) He imposes strict rules to protect their safety.

12. What illness does Alec Carrière come down with while in the Malay Archipelago?
(a) Chicken Pox.
(b) Typhoid Fever.
(c) Scarlet Fever.
(d) Malaria.

13. How much older is Joel than Zaga?
(a) Five years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Twenty years
(d) They are the same age.

14. Which of the following is NOT something Alec Carrière spent his life collecting?
(a) Plants.
(b) Minerals.
(c) Stamps.
(d) Animals.

15. Which of the following best describes Zaga's family?
(a) Wealthy.
(b) Nonexistent.
(c) Poor.
(d) Middle class.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Annie Taggert feel about Dr. Grant?

2. What war is America embroiled in when Alec Carrière returns to the U.S.?

3. How does Dr. Grant hear about the need at Grosse Isle?

4. What type of hospital is set up at Grosse Isle?

5. After his collecting exhibition, how does Alec Carrière return to the States?

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