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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 interesting creatures did the narrator become interested in on his trips to the bay?
(a) King crabs.
(b) Baby lobsters.
(c) Spider crabs.
(d) Clams.

2. Where did Gerald first pay attention to donkeys on the island?
(a) At the market place.
(b) At Theo's home.
(c) At Katarina's wedding.
(d) At the seashore town near the villa.

3. What are elvers?
(a) Baby birds.
(b) Snails.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Baby eels.

4. What did Theodore give Gerald for his birthday?
(a) A collecting box just like Theodore's.
(b) A birthday cake.
(c) A net and new string.
(d) A box of glass bottles.

5. 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 landlord.
(d) The family's relative in Corfu.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Theodore and Gerald snack on after their day of exploration in Chapter Four?

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

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

5. How did Gerald convince his mother to allow him to go fishing with Taki?

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

3. What was the set pattern Theo and Gerald had established for their excursions? What was the first thing they did when settling into a new spot?

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. 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?

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

8. 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?

9. 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'?

10. Where did Taki take Gerald to catch fish? What unusual method did Taki use to catch fish? What strange fish did Taki catch that fascinated Gerald? What did Gerald learn about the fish Taki caught?

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