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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Gerald often see when he looked out of his window just after waking in the morning?
(a) The mountains in the distance.
(b) Larry and Leslie arguing.
(c) Workers repairing the villa.
(d) Fishermen in their boats.

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

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

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

5. Who did Gerald find putting bamboo poles into the ground?
(a) Costas.
(b) Theo.
(c) Leslie.
(d) George.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Gerald decide to dissect his turtle?

2. What did Gerald do with the soft parts of the turtle after the dissection?

3. What was "Bootle-bumtrinket?"

4. What did Theodore and Gerald hear as they ate lunch in the olive grove?

5. The day before his birthday, what did Gerald notice about his family?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was "catching cuttlefish with love?" How did it work? What was Gerald's response to this interesting fishing style?

2. What did Gerald do upon catching a seahorse while fishing with Kokino? Where did he find them? How many seahorses did he find in all, and what did he do with them?

3. Who was Sven? How did he come upon the Durrell family? What was Sven's unusual talent that drove the family crazy? What did Gerald learn Sven had in common with him?

4. Who did Mother hire to be Gerald's tutor? How did the two initially get along? What did his tutor do that changed Gerald's perspective on learning?

5. What kinds of spiders did Gerald find on the island? What did he witness one day while observing one of the spiders he had caught?

6. What was the set pattern Theo and Gerald had established for their excursions? What was the first thing they did when settling into a new spot?

7. Who was Sally? Where did Sally come from? How did the name Sally come to be? Why was Gerald excited to have Sally as a member of the household?

8. What was the "hypocritical prayer?" What did Gerald observe about this creature?

9. Why did George introduce Gerald to Theo Stephanides? What did Gerald hope to learn from Theo?

10. What did Gerald and Theo discover on their excursion to the lake? Why was this discovery exciting for Gerald?

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