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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 see out in the water while Captain Creech was visiting?
(a) Three sharks.
(b) Three small sailboats.
(c) Three water spouts.
(d) Three children playing.

2. How did Captain Creech injure his face?
(a) He was hurt on a wind jammer.
(b) He was attacked by a lion.
(c) He was hurt in a bar fight.
(d) He was in a car accident.

3. Why did Margo and Larry implore Donald and Max to be quiet?
(a) Gerald was asleep.
(b) Mother was sick and sleeping.
(c) Mother might awaken and call the police.
(d) The neighbors might awaken and call the police.

4. Where did the baby hedgehogs live?
(a) In a cardboard box in the attic.
(b) In a cardboard box on Gerald's balnket.
(c) In a cardboard box on the veranda.
(d) In a cardboard box under Gerald's bed.

5. What did Gerald drink throughout his meal with the Countess?
(a) Milk.
(b) Champagne.
(c) Cola.
(d) Wine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Margo when Mother and Gerald arrived to see her?

2. Who attended the seance with Mrs. Haddock?

3. What was the name of the Countess's husband?

4. What was the other part of the gypsy's act?

5. What advice did Prudence give Mother about Margo's behavior?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was the Countess Mavrodaki? Why did she contact Gerald? What was Larry's reaction to her letter to Gerald?

2. Where did Margo go for treatment for her acne and weight gain? With whom did she stay? Was the treatment successful?

3. What unusual method did Donald and Max have for leaving the villa on the night of their visit? What happened as they left?

4. What misadventure did Gerald have on his way to meet Countess Mavrodaki? How did he feel when he arrived at her house? What was her response to his misadventure on the way over?

5. Who did Gerald and his mother find sitting on their front porch the afternoon they returned from their excursion into the olive groves? Where did this person come from and why? How did Mother get along with this new guest?

6. What kinds of food and drink did Gerald's luncheon with the Countess consist of? How did Gerald feel as he left the Countess' villa to go home?

7. What did Gerald observe about the women and the machinery of pressing olives?

8. What did Pru tell Mother about Margo's behavior in London? What were her concerns? How did Margo react to the concerns of her great aunts and mother?

9. Who was Demetrios-Mustapha? How did he get this name?

10. What sound woke Larry in the middle of the night that caused him to wake the rest of the family? What did Gerald tell them all that explained things? What had caused the noise?

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