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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. The day before his birthday, what did Gerald notice about his family?
(a) They are all making fun of him.
(b) They were all in bad moods.
(c) They were all ignoring him.
(d) They were all behaving in a more eccentric manner.

2. What time did Taki usually begin fishing?
(a) About four in the morning.
(b) About five in the afternoon.
(c) About noon.
(d) About ten o'clock at night.

3. What request did Theodore make of Sven Olsen before Sven left the house?
(a) To pay off his rather large bar tab.
(b) To play "Tavern in the Town."
(c) To make him a large brimmed hat.
(d) To whittle a totem pole.

4. Who did Gerald find putting bamboo poles into the ground?
(a) Theo.
(b) George.
(c) Leslie.
(d) Costas.

5. Where would Larry Darrell rather have gotten together for the family meeting?
(a) In San Francisco.
(b) In Spain.
(c) In New York City.
(d) In Greece.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Gerald first pay attention to donkeys on the island?

2. What are elvers?

3. How did the water-spider manage to live underwater?

4. What fish did Taki and Gerald see lying on the shore during their fishing trip?

5. What did Larry reveal about Sven after Sven had left the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

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

6. 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?

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

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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