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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Mouse Island?
(a) About a quarter mile from the bay.
(b) About a mile off of Corfu.
(c) A day's drive down the shore.
(d) A short swim from the villa.

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

3. Which family member bought a book about nature for Gerald as a gift?
(a) Leslie.
(b) Larry.
(c) Margo.
(d) Mother

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

5. What did Theodore and Gerald hear as they ate lunch in the olive grove?
(a) Cows mooing in the distance.
(b) Goats chewing on any foliage around them.
(c) Dogs barking at delivery men.
(d) Lambs braying on the far side of the hill.

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

7. Who was Sven Olsen?
(a) A friend of Margo's from school.
(b) A friend of Leslie's who came to visit.
(c) A friend of Larry's who played the accordion.
(d) A friend of Larry's who made straw hats.

8. What other animal had Gerald dissected before the turtle?
(a) An octopus.
(b) A seahorse.
(c) A terrapin.
(d) A cuttlefish.

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

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

11. About what book did the Darrell family begin speaking during their meeting?
(a) "Pets and My Family."
(b) "My Family and Other Animals."
(c) "My Family and Smarter Animals."
(d) Strange Animals I Have Known."

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

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

14. What was the Greek name for Mouse Island?
(a) Pondikonissi.
(b) Philemon.
(c) Ponderosa.
(d) Predsittki.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What unusual thing did Gerald learn about seahorses once the babies were born?

2. When did Larry learn all about donkeys?

3. What did Theodore give Gerald for his birthday?

4. How did the judge rule on the case between Crippenopoulos and Leslie?

5. What did Theodore and Gerald snack on after their day of exploration in Chapter Four?

(see the answer keys)

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