Ship Fever and Other Stories Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What do Jonathan and Ruby do after their first real conversation? (from The Littoral Zone)

Sit together at presentations.

Work together all the time.

Phone their spouses and confess.

Skip all talks and assignments.

2.

What are Sarah Anne Billopp and Mrs. Pearce doing when the story resumes two years later? (from Rare Bird)

Mrs. Pearce is introducing Sarah Anne to a friend of hers, a young scientist.

They are writing to a prominent scientist about his theory about swallows in winter.

They are revising a paper about their hypothesis about swallows in winter.

They are testing their hypothesis about swallows in winter.

3.

Who digs the graves for the dead on the quarantine island? (from Ship Fever)

Prisoners from the city jail.

The ships' crews.

Doctors and nurses.

Healthy passengers.

4.

Why do Ruby and Jonathan avoid talking about the evening that changes their lives? (from The Littoral Zone)

They remember the evening too differently, and cannot agree about what had happened.

They are not sure what had happened.

They do not want to think about how much they have lost.

They are ashamed of themselves.

5.

To whom does Zaga rent her condominium? (from Rare Bird)

An evolutionary biologist.

A lepidopterist.

A pair of brokers.

An actuary and his wife.

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