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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 color was the villa into which the Darrell family moved on Corfu?
(a) Alligator green with orange shutters.
(b) Avacado green with yellow shutters.
(c) Crushed-strawberry pink with green shutters.
(d) Navel-orange with green shutters.

2. What fish did Taki and Gerald see lying on the shore during their fishing trip?
(a) A snapper.
(b) A grupper.
(c) A trout.
(d) A scorpios.

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

4. Who was Spiro?
(a) The family's first friend on the island.
(b) The pilot who flew them over to Corfu.
(c) The family's relative in Corfu.
(d) The family's landlord.

5. Who was Taki Thanatos?
(a) A young man the narrator met while exploring the bay.
(b) A young man who was the narrator's Greek tutor.
(c) A young man whose father had just died.
(d) A young man who rented small boats to tourists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Crippenopoulos accuse Roger of doing?

2. What did Gerald discover about the turtle he found in the waters one day while fishing?

3. What request did Theodore make of Sven Olsen before Sven left the house?

4. What did Gerald do with the water-spider he found on one of his solo adventures to the lake?

5. How did Taki catch the fish he found lying on the shore?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

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

6. 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?

7. 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?

8. 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?

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

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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