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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. Who were Widdle and Puke?

2. What interesting creatures did the narrator become interested in on his trips to the bay?

3. What did Gerald announce to his family at their meeting?

4. What did Larry tell Gerald to do if he wanted to go faster while riding on his donkey?

5. What did Gerald witness when he arrived at Katarina's house in Chapter Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Gerald go to thank Katarina for giving him Sally? What was happening when Gerald arrived at Katarina's? What did Gerald do?

2. How did Gerald's family react to the seahorses? What unusual thing did Theodore teach Gerald about seahorses?

3. Where did Taki take Gerald to catch fish? What unusual method did Taki use to catch fish? What strange fish did Taki catch that fascinated Gerald? What did Gerald learn about the fish Taki caught?

4. Who was Sally? Where did Sally come from? How did the name Sally come to be? Why was Gerald excited to have Sally as a member of the household?

5. Who was the first friend the family made upon arriving on the island of Corfu? What important help did this new friend give Gerald and his family?

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. Who was Kokino? What does Kokino mean in Greek? What did Kokino and Gerald do together?

8. Who was Roger? How did Gerald meet Roger? What did Gerald and Roger do together on the island?

9. What was "catching cuttlefish with love?" How did it work? What was Gerald's response to this interesting fishing style?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Based on all of the information provided in both narrative and dialogue, what are some of the characteristics of the author when he was a child? For example, how did he adjust to the move to Corfu, and what does that tell us about him as a child? What were the major influences on the author during his years in Corfu?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the importance of the chapter "Interlude for Spirits" to the memoir. Why did the author choose this title for the chapter? How does this chapter fit in with the rest of the memoir? Which characters are in the spotlight in this chapter and why?

Essay Topic 3

The opening chapter, "Conversations" gives the reader important information about the Durrell family and the chapters to come. Who is introduced in this first chapter, and what is the "conversation" about? How does this chapter relate to the rest of the book?

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