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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Gerald find the seahorses?
(a) They were lying on the beach.
(b) They were sitting on a rock.
(c) They were in Kokino's fishing net.
(d) They were floating in the water.

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

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

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

5. In what month did the Darrell family arrive in Corfu?
(a) In January.
(b) In August.
(c) In June.
(d) In October.

6. What did Kokino call his unusual fishing method for catching cuddlefish?
(a) "Fishing with love."
(b) "Fishing with spears."
(c) "Netting."
(d) "Dive and catch."

7. What color was the villa into which the Darrell family moved on Corfu?
(a) Navel-orange with green shutters.
(b) Crushed-strawberry pink with green shutters.
(c) Alligator green with orange shutters.
(d) Avacado green with yellow shutters.

8. What did Gerald do with the soft parts of the turtle after the dissection?
(a) Buried them at the top of the hill behind the villa.
(b) Used them for bait.
(c) Threw them all out to sea.
(d) Gave them to Lucritia to throw away.

9. Who were Widdle and Puke?
(a) Two dogs Gerald was given for his birthday.
(b) Two spiders Gerald found at the pond.
(c) Two of Larry's drunken friends.
(d) Two cats Sven gave Gerald's mother as a gift.

10. Who sometimes accompanied Gerald on his boating trips around the island?
(a) Margo.
(b) Kokino.
(c) Oscar and Lucinda.
(d) Widdle, Puke and Roger.

11. Where was Gerald's study?
(a) In the attic.
(b) In a bedroom attached to his room.
(c) In the bathroom attached to his room.
(d) In the solarium.

12. Where did Gerald decide to dissect his turtle?
(a) On the verada.
(b) In his bedroom.
(c) On the front porch.
(d) On the beach.

13. When Gerald's mother said "we'll see," what did Gerald know that really meant?
(a) She would never agree to do it.
(b) She would forget about it.
(c) She would make a decision at the last minute.
(d) She would ask Larry what he thought first.

14. What did Larry and Gerald learn about snail eggs?
(a) They are buried in sand and the female sits on the eggs.
(b) They are buried in dry sand and left there.
(c) They are buried in the damp earth and left there.
(d) They are pushed under a short bush and left there.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the story, what happened to the woman who would not sell her milk for seventeen coins?

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

3. What request did Theodore make of Sven Olsen before Sven left the house?

4. What interesting creatures did the narrator become interested in on his trips to the bay?

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

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