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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. What was Ruby doing the first time that Jonathan spoke to her?
(a) Putting on her makeup.
(b) Washing her hair.
(c) Shaving her armpits.
(d) Scratching her legs.

2. Where does Sarah Anne believe swallows spend their winters?
(a) High in the treetops.
(b) Down South.
(c) Underwater.
(d) In caves.

3. In what country were Antonia's parents born?
(a) Israel.
(b) Moravia.
(c) America.
(d) Albania.

4. What is the name of Linnaeus' favorite estate?
(a) Little Green.
(b) Hammarby.
(c) Estephania.
(d) Deluth.

5. When reminiscing about their time together, what is the one memory neither Ruby nor Jonathan acknowledge?
(a) They day they first met.
(b) The time they first kissed.
(c) The first time they made love.
(d) The day after they returned home.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Catherine?

2. In what year was Antonia born?

3. How does Linnaeus travel?

4. In which country is Linnaeus' favorite estate located?

5. What part of Jonathan's body was Ruby first attracted to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the state of Christopher and Sara Anne's relationship at the end of the story "Rare Bird"?

2. Where is Linnaeus traveling to in the story "The English Pupil" and how does he get there?

3. What were Jonathan and Ruby's romantic statuses at the time when they met?

4. What unique deformity was Richard born with, and how did it affect his life in adulthood?

5. When was Antonia born, and how did her birth fit into her family's immigration plan?

6. Who is Sebastian Dunitz and how does he affect Antonia and RIchard's marriage?

7. What is the emotional state of Jonathan and Ruby's relationship at the end of the story - when they are both in their fifties?

8. How were Jonathan and Ruby reunited after arriving home?

9. What is Sara Anne's intelligence level for a woman of her time?

10. How did Jonathan and Ruby treat each other once they returned to the mainland?

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