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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 or who is Fabre?
(a) The biologist who studied dung beetles.
(b) The radiologist who examined skeletal remains.
(c) The naturalist who wrote about insects.
(d) The zoologist who was bron in Corfu.

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

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

4. Where were the myrtle bushes located?
(a) In between the villa and town.
(b) On the hills behind the villa.
(c) Ten miles away near the sea.
(d) In the flat basin north of the villa.

5. About what book did the Darrell family begin speaking during their meeting?
(a) "Pets and My Family."
(b) "My Family and Smarter Animals."
(c) "My Family and Other Animals."
(d) Strange Animals I Have Known."

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where was Gerald's study?

4. What is the time of the year in the beginning of the story when the Darrell family members are meeting?

5. When did Larry learn all about donkeys?

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

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. 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?

6. What was "catching cuttlefish with love?" How did it work? What was Gerald's response to this interesting fishing style?

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

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. 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?

10. 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?

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