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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 treat did the owner of the press cook over an open flame for himself and Gerald?
(a) Popcorn.
(b) French toast.
(c) Caramel corn.
(d) Hamburgers.

2. What did the Countess give Gerald as he was leaving should he get hungry on the way home?
(a) An orange.
(b) Three cookies.
(c) A raspberry tart.
(d) A piece of meat.

3. Why did Mother decide to take Gerald with her to see Margo?
(a) Gerald needed to get away from his animals.
(b) She did not want to leave Gerald in Larry and Leslie's care.
(c) Lucretia was on vacation.
(d) She was afraid to travel alone.

4. What was the other part of the gypsy's act?
(a) A disappearing act.
(b) A talking head.
(c) Juggling.
(d) Magic tricks.

5. Where and by who was the white owl found?
(a) In an old barn by a farmer.
(b) In an old barn by a child.
(c) In an old shed by an old woman.
(d) In an old shed by a workman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gerald name his new owl?

2. What unusual thing did Gerald's spade-footed toad do when shown food?

3. What did Margo ask her mother to do with the cabbage she had brought with her to the hotel?

4. What did Gerald receive in the mail at the beginning of winter in Corfu?

5. What unusual feature of Mrs. Haddock's speech did Mother immediately notice?

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 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?

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

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

5. Who was Mawake? What was unusual about Mawake?

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. How did Mother respond to meeting Mawake and Mrs. Haddock? How was this reaction unusual for Mother? What was the conclusion of the meeting?

9. 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?

10. Who was Papa Demetrios? How did Gerald and Papa Demetrios know each other? What story did he tell Gerald about a fellow villager, Andreas Papoyakis?

(see the answer keys)

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