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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 unusual feature of Mrs. Haddock's speech did Mother immediately notice?
(a) She had an American accent.
(b) All her words were strung together without a break.
(c) Her voice sounded like it was coming from another room.
(d) She was able to throw her voice.

2. How did Gerald plan to feed the baby hedgehogs?
(a) With a syringe.
(b) With a straw.
(c) With a baby bottle from a doll set.
(d) With an eyedropper.

3. What did Gerald receive in the mail at the beginning of winter in Corfu?
(a) A letter from a naturalist.
(b) A letter from the Greek government.
(c) A letter from a friend of Dr. Stephanides.
(d) A letter from his Aunt Pru.

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

5. What did Mother say to Gerald as they turned off the lights to fall asleep?
(a) "Good night dear and we will have fun tomrrow."
(b) "I sometimes think I am the only sane member of the family."
(c) "No one listens to each other in this family."
(d) "I wish your father were alive and here."

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

8. 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?

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

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

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