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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was "Bootle-bumtrinket?"
(a) The name of Kokino's boat.
(b) The name of one of his dogs.
(c) The name of Gerald's boat.
(d) The name of his turtle.

2. Which creature was most interesting to the narrator when he first settles into his new residence?
(a) The carpenter bees.
(b) The hawk moth.
(c) The dung beetle.
(d) The hummingbird.

3. What interesting creatures did the narrator become interested in on his trips to the bay?
(a) King crabs.
(b) Baby lobsters.
(c) Clams.
(d) Spider crabs.

4. What was Benitses?
(a) The town in which Taki lived.
(b) The city twenty miles from the villa.
(c) The largest coin in the Greek currency.
(d) The name of the bay the narrator enjoyed exploring.

5. Where did Theodore suggest he and Gerald go after their picnic lunch?
(a) Home to get their fishing gear.
(b) To the other side of the lake.
(c) Home for a nap.
(d) To their boat and off to the reefs.

6. Who was Roger?
(a) The narrator's brother.
(b) The narrator's pony.
(c) The narrator's dog.
(d) The narrator's parrot.

7. Who was Spiro?
(a) The family's landlord.
(b) The family's relative in Corfu.
(c) The pilot who flew them over to Corfu.
(d) The family's first friend on the island.

8. Who was Taki Thanatos?
(a) A young man who rented small boats to tourists.
(b) A young man the narrator met while exploring the bay.
(c) A young man who was the narrator's Greek tutor.
(d) A young man whose father had just died.

9. What are elvers?
(a) Snails.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Baby birds.
(d) Baby eels.

10. During the presentation of the donkey, what did Margo keep talking about?
(a) The mess in the hallway.
(b) The ruined surprise.
(c) Her spoiled decorations.
(d) Her ruined dress.

11. What did Gerald often see when he looked out of his window just after waking in the morning?
(a) Workers repairing the villa.
(b) The mountains in the distance.
(c) Fishermen in their boats.
(d) Larry and Leslie arguing.

12. What kinds of things are made with the hawks-bill turtle shell?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Turtle soups.
(c) Glasses frames.
(d) Jewelry.

13. What fish did Taki and Gerald see lying on the shore during their fishing trip?
(a) A scorpios.
(b) A grupper.
(c) A snapper.
(d) A trout.

14. Where were the myrtle bushes located?
(a) In between the villa and town.
(b) Ten miles away near the sea.
(c) On the hills behind the villa.
(d) In the flat basin north of the villa.

15. What did Theodore give Gerald for his birthday?
(a) A birthday cake.
(b) A net and new string.
(c) A collecting box just like Theodore's.
(d) A box of glass bottles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one of the unusual things Gerald knew about the water-spider?

2. What did Gerald witness when he arrived at Katarina's house in Chapter Three?

3. How did Taki catch the fish he found lying on the shore?

4. Whose wedding did Gerald and his family attend?

5. What did Gerald announce to his family at their meeting?

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