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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 Gerald hear Prue tell Mother about Mrs. Haddock?
(a) That she was covered in fur coats and able to speak to the dead.
(b) That she was covered in endoplasm and able to speak to the dead.
(c) That she was covered in dark sheets and able to hear voices.
(d) That she was covered in ectoplasm and able to make trumpets fly.

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

3. What did Gerald do with the bear?
(a) Brought him to the zoo.
(b) Secretly brought him to his bedroom.
(c) Returned him to the gypsy.
(d) Tied him up outside.

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

5. What had Mrs. Haddock, channeling Mawake, told Margo to do about her health problems?
(a) Stop eating all forms of meat.
(b) Stop wearing make-up.
(c) Stop worrying about returning to Corgu.
(d) Stop getting injections for her acne.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Donald and Max get home after their visit to the Durrell's home?

2. How did Captain Creech injure his face?

3. Where and by who was the white owl found?

4. Who owned the olive press?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Margo, Mother, Fan and Prue took the dogs with them shopping, what happened?

3. What was the Talking Head? How did it work?

4. 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?

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

6. 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?

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

8. 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?

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

10. 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?

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