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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. While Roger and Gerald were watching a red fox cub, what did they see the cub find?
(a) A rat.
(b) A snake.
(c) A hedgehog.
(d) A tortoise.

2. What was Fan talking about when the group returned to their hotel rooms after the seance?
(a) The weather.
(b) The food.
(c) The puppies.
(d) The seance.

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

4. What sounds could be heard in the olive press?
(a) The laughter of the peasants and the rumbling of the grindstone.
(b) The drip, drip of the oil and the grumblings of the peasants.
(c) The rumbling of the grindstone and the drip, drip of the oil.
(d) The rumbling of the grindstone and the songs of the peasants.

5. What did Gerald feed his new owl?
(a) Chopped meat and a mouse.
(b) Chopped meat and lettuce.
(c) A mouse and lettuce.
(d) A mouse and carrots.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Mrs. Haddock, channeling Mawake, told Margo to do about her health problems?

2. Before Donald and Max leave the Durrells, what were they given to drink?

3. What did Theodore and Gerald see out in the water while Captain Creech was visiting?

4. What did Mother call Mrs. Haddock before leaving the seance?

5. What was Max doing in the kitchen when Margo walked in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the bear's name? How did he respond to Gerald? What was Gerald's reaction to the bear?

2. What happened when Gerald arrived home after his visit with Pavlo and the gypsy?

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 did Gerald find in a field an old woman was cultivating? What did Gerald do with his find?

5. Who did Gerald entrust to care for his baby hedgehogs while he was gone for the weekend with his mother? What condition were they in when he returned?

6. 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?

7. What did Gerald do with his owl when he got home? What name did he give his owl? Where did he place the owl once he had tended to him?

8. What did Donald want to read to Larry? What was Larry's response? What was Mother's response?

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

10. Who was Tickletummy? Where did Tickletummy come from? What special quality did Tickletummy have that warranted his name?

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