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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the judge rule on the case between Crippenopoulos and Leslie?
(a) He threw the case out.
(b) He charged both men fifty dollars and dismissed the case.
(c) He found Leslie not guilty.
(d) He found Leslie guilty.

2. How did China-mark moths get their name?
(a) Because their white wings look like fine china.
(b) Because they have a bright red stamp that looks like a china stamp.
(c) Because they are as fragile as china.
(d) Because of the marking on their wings that resemble potters' marks.

3. What did Gerald witness when he arrived at Katarina's house in Chapter Three?
(a) The fight between Katarina and her sister.
(b) The surprise shower thrown by her sisters.
(c) The birth of her baby boy.
(d) The birth of her baby girl.

4. How did the water-spider Gerald caught decide where to build her home?
(a) By walking back and forth repeatedly.
(b) By sitting motionless in a corner.
(c) By walking slowly around the water's edge.
(d) By running back and forth below the surface of the water.

5. What did fishermen use to calm the waters around their small boats?
(a) Olive oil.
(b) Flour.
(c) Bamboo poles.
(d) Wooden oars.

6. What did Margo do daily to combat her acne?
(a) Steam bathe.
(b) Sun bathe.
(c) Salt bathe.
(d) Sea bathe.

7. How did Larry react to Theodore's information about the snails Gerald had seen?
(a) He was jealous.
(b) He was bored.
(c) He was disgusted.
(d) He was angry.

8. On one of his solo adventures, where did Gerald find a water-spider he brought home to study?
(a) A return visit to the reefs.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) A return visit to the lake without Theodore.
(d) A trek up the hillside.

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

10. Who was George?
(a) The narrator's gardener.
(b) The narrator's dog.
(c) The narrator's tutor.
(d) The narrator's father.

11. Why did Gerald's mother object to getting him a donkey?
(a) They were too expensive and there were no available babies.
(b) They were too expensive and required too much upkeep.
(c) They were too large and needed too much care.
(d) They were not available to out-of-towners.

12. What did Gerald learn from Theodore about the snails he had seen mating?
(a) The snails were not indigious of the region.
(b) The snails were from different species.
(c) The snails were both male and female.
(d) The snails were not actually mating.

13. Whose wedding did Gerald and his family attend?
(a) Maria's.
(b) Katerina's.
(c) Katherine's.
(d) Margo's.

14. Why was Gerald interested in the villa's garden?
(a) It was perfectly groomed and filled with flowers.
(b) It was a barren plot of land waiting to be planted.
(c) It was planted with parrellel rows of flowers.
(d) It was overrun with vegetation and full of insects.

15. What or who is Fabre?
(a) The zoologist who was bron in Corfu.
(b) The biologist who studied dung beetles.
(c) The radiologist who examined skeletal remains.
(d) The naturalist who wrote about insects.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are elvers?

2. Where were the narrator's family members meeting as the story opens?

3. Where did Theodore suggest he and Gerald go after their picnic lunch?

4. When did Larry learn all about donkeys?

5. What did Theodore give Gerald for his birthday?

(see the answer keys)

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