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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 was the narrator's name in Greek?
(a) Gervaise.
(b) Gerasimos.
(c) Geraldo.
(d) Gerrund.

2. How did Taki catch the fish he found lying on the shore?
(a) With his hands.
(b) With his knife.
(c) With his net.
(d) With his trident.

3. Who was Roger?
(a) The narrator's parrot.
(b) The narrator's pony.
(c) The narrator's dog.
(d) The narrator's brother.

4. What was the second catch of the fishing expedition for Taki?
(a) An octopus.
(b) A red snapper.
(c) A trout.
(d) A sea horse.

5. What reason was Gerald given for his mother wanting a bamboo house?
(a) She could store the yard equipment.
(b) She could store the extra luggage in it.
(c) She could keep plants or store sweet potatoes.
(d) She could sleep in it on cool nights.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Margo do daily to combat her acne?

2. Where were the myrtle bushes located?

3. What are elvers?

4. What did earlier naturalists call the rotifer?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the family do on Sven's last day at their villa? Who came to visit that day? What did Sven do upon meeting this guest? How does Mother describe Sven as gets into the cab to leave? Why did Larry think her comment was ironic?

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

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

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

7. What dead creature did Gerald load onto his boat and bring home from the bay? What did he do with it upon coming home? How did the family react to his newest creature?

8. 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?

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. What did Gerald do with the crab he and Roger discovered on one of their walks? What did Gerald find fascinating about the crab that led him to further exploration?

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