View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where did Gerald first pay attention to donkeys on the island?
(a) At the seashore town near the villa.
(b) At Theo's home.
(c) At Katarina's wedding.
(d) At the market place.

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

7. What did Taki say to Gerald as he left the boat at the end of Chapter Two?
(a) "Thanks for coming."
(b) "Hasta manana."
(c) "Pasto calo."
(d) "See you later."

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

9. What was the narrator's name in Greek?
(a) Gerasimos.
(b) Gervaise.
(c) Geraldo.
(d) Gerrund.

10. Who was Kokino?
(a) Theo.
(b) Spiro.
(c) Mother.
(d) Margo.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which family member bought a book about nature for Gerald as a gift?

2. Who did Gerald find putting bamboo poles into the ground?

3. What did Gerald often see when he looked out of his window just after waking in the morning?

4. What did earlier naturalists call the rotifer?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 520 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample