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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. Who sometimes accompanied Gerald on his boating trips around the island?
(a) Margo.
(b) Oscar and Lucinda.
(c) Widdle, Puke and Roger.
(d) Kokino.

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

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

4. During the presentation of the donkey, what did Margo keep talking about?
(a) The ruined surprise.
(b) Her ruined dress.
(c) Her spoiled decorations.
(d) The mess in the hallway.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Gerald's study?

2. What kinds of things are made with the hawks-bill turtle shell?

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

4. What did Theodore give Gerald for his birthday?

5. What was the Greek name for Mouse Island?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the narrator, Gerald, and his family go to Greece? Where in Greece did they settle? What details did the narrator give about their 'home away from home'?

2. Who was the first friend the family made upon arriving on the island of Corfu? What important help did this new friend give Gerald and his family?

3. 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?

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

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

6. Who did Margo and Gerald discover lived on Mouse Island? How did they first discover this person? How did they eventually appease this inhabitant's ire?

7. 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?

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

9. What creature did Gerald discover on an afternoon trek to the lake alone? Why was this creature especially important to Gerald? What was unique about this creature?

10. What is a China-mark moth? What makes this moth unique?

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