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

2. What happened during the seance that startled Prue and made her scream?
(a) A cat jumped in her lap.
(b) She heard Mawake's voice.
(c) A bug ran down the back of her dress.
(d) Margo squeezed her hand too tightly.

3. Who were Itch and Scratch?
(a) Gerald's dogs.
(b) Gerald's grown hedgehogs.
(c) Gerald's hamsters.
(d) Gerald's seahorses.

4. What did Mother call Mrs. Haddock before leaving the seance?
(a) Ignorant.
(b) Charlatan.
(c) Deceitful.
(d) Liar.

5. Who offered to take care of the baby hedgehogs while Gerald and his mother were gone for the weekend?
(a) Leslie.
(b) Lucritia.
(c) Margo.
(d) Spiro.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What sounds could be heard in the olive press?

4. What animal was in the middle of the olive press pulling the grindstone?

5. What did Mother go into the kitchen to make for Captain Creech to have with tea?

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. Who was Mawake? What was unusual about Mawake?

3. Why did Gerald and Mother go to London? What did they find when they got there?

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

5. What happened to Mother, Larry and the rest of the crew on the yacht ride with Mother? How did Mother react to the event? What was in the letter Captain Creech sent Mother after his departure and how did Mother respond to it?

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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