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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 Theodore and Gerald snack on after their day of exploration in Chapter Four?
(a) Hot coffee and cookies.
(b) Hot milk and scones.
(c) Hot tea and scones.
(d) Hot chocolate and cookies.

2. What was one of the unusual things Gerald knew about the water-spider?
(a) The male is twice as large as the female.
(b) The male carries the eggs.
(c) The female is twice as large as the male.
(d) The female eats the male.

3. What did Larry reveal about Sven after Sven had left the house?
(a) He was a homosexual.
(b) He was fleeing from the army.
(c) He was ill with cancer.
(d) He was dying.

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

5. What did Gerald announce to his family at their meeting?
(a) He was going to write another book.
(b) He was getting married.
(c) He was leaving for America.
(d) He was graduating from college.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was "Bootle-bumtrinket?"

2. What time did Gerald get home after his fishing trip with Taki?

3. What did Gerald learn from Theodore about the snails he had seen mating?

4. What part of the fish Taki caught was poisonous?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Roger? How did Gerald meet Roger? What did Gerald and Roger do together on the island?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. How did Leslie react to settling into their new home? What did he set about to do while in Corfu? How did his mother react to this plan?

6. 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'?

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

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

9. What did Larry offer to teach Gerald about caring for Sally? What important piece of information did Larry not know that caused him trouble? What happened?

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

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