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

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

3. What did Leslie Darrell discover upon settling into the villa?
(a) One was able to purchase lethal weapons without a permit.
(b) One was able to purchase wine at any age.
(c) One was able to purchase an automobile without a license.
(d) One was able to rent a helicopter without parental permission.

4. From whom did Mother get the donkey she gave to Gerald?
(a) From Theo.
(b) From the market place.
(c) From Katarina.
(d) From Costas.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Benitses?

2. Who was Roger?

3. What is the narrator's name, and how old is he?

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

5. When Gerald's mother said "we'll see," what did Gerald know that really meant?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Gerald go to thank Katarina for giving him Sally? What was happening when Gerald arrived at Katarina's? What did Gerald do?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. 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?

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

6. What was the "Bootle-bumtrinket?" How did Gerald get it and what did he do with it?

7. How did Gerald's family react to the seahorses? What unusual thing did Theodore teach Gerald about seahorses?

8. What did mother have Costas construct in the yard? How did she explain the construction to Gerald? What was Gerald's mother really having built and why?

9. 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?

10. Who was Kokino? What does Kokino mean in Greek? What did Kokino and Gerald do together?

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