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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Whose wedding did Gerald and his family attend?
2. What did Larry and Gerald learn about snail eggs?
3. What is the time of the year in the beginning of the story when the Darrell family members are meeting?
4. When did Larry learn all about donkeys?
5. The day before his birthday, what did Gerald notice about his family?
Short Essay Questions
1. What creature did Gerald discover on an afternoon trek to the lake alone? Why was this creature especially important to Gerald? What was unique about this creature?
2. What kinds of spiders did Gerald find on the island? What did he witness one day while observing one of the spiders he had caught?
3. What is a China-mark moth? What makes this moth unique?
4. What did Gerald do upon catching a seahorse while fishing with Kokino? Where did he find them? How many seahorses did he find in all, and what did he do with them?
5. What was the "Bootle-bumtrinket?" How did Gerald get it and what did he do with it?
6. What dead creature did Gerald load onto his boat and bring home from the bay? What did he do with it upon coming home? How did the family react to his newest creature?
7. How did Gerald's family react to the seahorses? What unusual thing did Theodore teach Gerald about seahorses?
8. What did Gerald do with the crab he and Roger discovered on one of their walks? What did Gerald find fascinating about the crab that led him to further exploration?
9. What was the "hypocritical prayer?" What did Gerald observe about this creature?
10. Who was Roger? How did Gerald meet Roger? What did Gerald and Roger do together on the island?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is a memoir? What specific qualities separate memoir from autobiography? What qualities are inherent in a memoir?
Essay Topic 2
This memoir covers a period of time in Durrell's life. The reader is given clues as to how old the characters are, the years in which they are on Corfu, and what part of the twentieth century the memoir takes place. Write in your own words a short biography of the Durrell family and include as much as you know about the time(s) in the memoir.
Essay Topic 3
Before Chapter Four, Durrell has placed a quote from Professor Anstead, "Hospitality is, indeed, now no less than in classical times, a sacred duty in these islands, and it is a duty more conscientiously performed." How does this quote apply to the Durrell family? What are some examples of the hospitality they have offered to guests? What kinds of hospitality have been offered to them?
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