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

2. To what did Countess Mavrodaki invite Gerald to be her guest?
(a) For lunch the following Friday.
(b) For lunch the following Wednesday.
(c) For dinner the following Friday,
(d) For dinner the following week.

3. What unusual thing did Gerald's spade-footed toad do when shown food?
(a) He would sing for his food.
(b) He was bury himself in a hole with the food.
(c) He would roll over onto his back.
(d) He would leap out of the aquarium.

4. What did Fan and Prue explain to Mother and Gerald they were breeding for profit?
(a) Bedlington puppies.
(b) Collie puppies.
(c) Daschund puppies.
(d) Dalmation puppies.

5. Where did the family find the missing Donald who was yelling "cooee?"
(a) Underneath the front porch of the house.
(b) Hanging on a pipe in the well.
(c) Locked in the outhouse.
(d) Hiding in a kitchen closet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Countess give Gerald as he was leaving should he get hungry on the way home?

2. What did Gerald drink throughout his meal with the Countess?

3. Of what did Margo accuse her mother during their conversation with Mrs. Haddock?

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

5. When Roger first saw the gypsy in the olive grove, what did he think the gypsy had with him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who arrived at the house in the middle of the night? Where did they come from and why did they come to the villa? How did the family react to their arrival?

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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