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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 is the name of the Marburg sisters' mother?
(a) Suky.
(b) Luky.
(c) Tuky.
(d) Wuky.

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

3. How does Dr. Grant hear about the need at Grosse Isle?
(a) Through a letter.
(b) At the urging a friend.
(c) From a delivered pamphlet.
(d) In the newspaper.

4. Where did Zaga donate all her money?
(a) To an art museum.
(b) To a science lab.
(c) To a library.
(d) To a veterinary clinic.

5. Where did Alec Carrière hope to sell his vast collections?
(a) To American museums.
(b) He did not intend to sell his collection.
(c) To fellow scientists.
(d) To European collectors.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what decade is the story "Birds with no Feet" set?

2. How does Joel's family feel about Zaga?

3. Which of the following activities does Zaga excel in?

4. What type of relationship does Grant have with Susanna?

5. What does Annie Taggert do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Alec Carrière grow up, and what was his ambition in life?

2. Who is Jemmy Button?

3. How does Laughlin's relationship with Nora change at the end of the story "Ship Fever"?

4. How do the Marburg sisters cope with their father's death?

5. What is the state of Zaga's life at the end of "Soroche"?

6. What does Zaga do with Joel's money after his death?

7. Why does Joel often feel that his attention must be divided, between Zaga and someone else?

8. What scientific breakthrough does Carrière make in the biologic world?

9. What unexpected request does Dr. George Douglas make of Laughlin?

10. Why are the Marburg sisters so wild?

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