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

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

3. What did Leslie send the judge upon Spiro's suggestion?
(a) Stamps.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Brandy.
(d) Chocolates.

4. Which family member bought a book about nature for Gerald as a gift?
(a) Mother
(b) Leslie.
(c) Larry.
(d) Margo.

5. According to the story, what happened to the woman who would not sell her milk for seventeen coins?
(a) She was turned into an owl.
(b) She was turned into a snake.
(c) She was turned into a turtle dove.
(d) She was turned into a robin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Theodore give Gerald for his birthday?

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

3. What time did Taki usually begin fishing?

4. How did Gerald find the seahorses?

5. What did Leslie Darrell discover upon settling into the villa?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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?

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

5. Who is Taki Thanatos? How did Gerald meet him? What did the two share in common? Where did Taki want to take Gerald?

6. 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?

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

8. Who is the narrator of the story? What do we learn about him in the opening "Conversations?" Where is his home?

9. 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?

10. 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'?

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