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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 was Max doing in the kitchen when Margo walked in?
(a) Going through the kitchen drawers.
(b) Making a pot of coffee.
(c) Setting fire to a five pound note.
(d) Climbing out of the kitchen window.

2. What did the doctor in Corfu recommend to treat Margo's health problems?
(a) She should see an allergist in Athens.
(b) She should be hospitalized.
(c) She should be seen be a specialist in London.
(d) She should begin eating only vegetables and fruit.

3. In what room did the Countess and Gerald eat their meal?
(a) In the library.
(b) In the formal dining hall.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) On the sunporch.

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

5. What new health problem beset Margo after Leslie's court case?
(a) She begins to gain weight.
(b) She becomes very depressed.
(c) Her hair begins to fall out.
(d) She begins to lose weight.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time did Donald and Max arrive at the Durrell home?

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

3. How did Gerald's family react when he walked into the drawing room the afternoon he had met the gypsy?

4. How did the gypsy react when Gerald asked if he could purchase Pavlo?

5. Why did Captain Creech show up at the Durrell house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. Who did Gerald meet one day during one of his excursions into the crepe myrtles? What unusual creature did this person have?

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

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

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

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