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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. How did Tati die?
(a) He had a heart attack.
(b) He was murdered.
(c) He was executed.
(d) He drown in the bathtub.

2. What month of the year is the story "The English Pupil" set in?
(a) March.
(b) June.
(c) December.
(d) October.

3. How does Sebastian Dunitz react to Antonia's advances?
(a) He rebukes them.
(b) He ignores them.
(c) He is infuriated by them.
(d) He welcomes them.

4. What are the names of Jonathan's children?
(a) Mauve and Harriet.
(b) Bertram and Harold.
(c) Cora and Ryan.
(d) Dennis and Leopold.

5. Who drove Linnaeus to his favorite estate on the day in which the story is set?
(a) His brother.
(b) His daughter.
(c) His servant.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Sarah Anne believe swallows spend their winters?

3. How old is Catherine?

4. Who picks Linnaeus up from the estate to bring him back home?

5. How do Catherine and Sarah Anne regularly spend their time together?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Christopher find attractive about Juliet?

2. What aspects of Linnaeus' students' lives are remembered in the story "The English Pupil"?

3. Who is Catherine, and what relationship does she have to Sara Anne?

4. How did Antonia's life change in the 1970s?

5. How did Richard manage to obtain a handwritten letter from his idol, Mendel?

6. How did Jonathan and Ruby end up on the island together in the story "The Littoral Zone"?

7. How did Jonathan and Ruby's romantic relationship start?

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

9. Who is The English Pupil?

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

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