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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 discover about the turtle he found in the waters one day while fishing?
(a) The turtle was dead.
(b) The turtle was eating a fish.
(c) The turtle was not indigenous to the area.
(d) The turtle had only three legs.

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

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

5. Where was Gerald's study?
(a) In a bedroom attached to his room.
(b) In the solarium.
(c) In the bathroom attached to his room.
(d) In the attic.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Larry learn all about donkeys?

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

3. Who was Roger?

4. What was the second catch of the fishing expedition for Taki?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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'?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

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

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

9. What did Gerald bring with him for his nighttime fishing expedition? What did he do with his treasures before returning home? What did Taki give Gerald to appease Mother for the late hour of Gerald's return?

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

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