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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the water-spider manage to live underwater?
(a) By constructing a home on the side of the container.
(b) By constructing a breathing bell at the surface.
(c) By consructing a web suspended above the water.
(d) By constructing a home atop the water.

2. What did Gerald announce to his family at their meeting?
(a) He was going to write another book.
(b) He was graduating from college.
(c) He was leaving for America.
(d) He was getting married.

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

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

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

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

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. Where were the narrator's family members meeting as the story opens?
(a) In Ireland.
(b) In England.
(c) In Corfu.
(d) In Scotland.

9. What unusual thing did Gerald learn about seahorses once the babies were born?
(a) The father nurtured seahorse eggs in his brood-pouch.
(b) The father ate some of the eggs during the gestation period.
(c) The mother carried the eggs in her brood-pouch.
(d) The eggs floated in water until they were ready to hatch.

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

11. What time did Gerald get home after his fishing trip with Taki?
(a) 7:30.
(b) 2:30.
(c) 10:30.
(d) 4:30.

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

13. Where would Larry Darrell rather have gotten together for the family meeting?
(a) In Greece.
(b) In New York City.
(c) In San Francisco.
(d) In Spain.

14. What is the time of the year in the beginning of the story when the Darrell family members are meeting?
(a) The summer.
(b) The fall.
(c) The spring.
(d) The winter.

15. 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 the damp earth and left there.
(c) They are pushed under a short bush and left there.
(d) They are buried in dry sand and left there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Larry tell Gerald to do if he wanted to go faster while riding on his donkey?

2. What was the narrator's name in Greek?

3. What happened when Gerald punctured the turtle's stomach?

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

5. Who was Taki Thanatos?

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