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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 was Kokino?
2. What was the narrator's name in Greek?
3. What time did Taki usually begin fishing?
4. What was the Greek name for Mouse Island?
5. What fish did Taki and Gerald see lying on the shore during their fishing trip?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What was the "hypocritical prayer?" What did Gerald observe about this creature?
3. Who was Sven? How did he come upon the Durrell family? What was Sven's unusual talent that drove the family crazy? What did Gerald learn Sven had in common with him?
4. What was the "Bootle-bumtrinket?" How did Gerald get it and what did he do with it?
5. What did Gerald bring with him for his nighttime fishing expedition? What did he do with his treasures before returning home? What did Taki give Gerald to appease Mother for the late hour of Gerald's return?
6. What was the set pattern Theo and Gerald had established for their excursions? What was the first thing they did when settling into a new spot?
7. What did the family do on Sven's last day at their villa? Who came to visit that day? What did Sven do upon meeting this guest? How does Mother describe Sven as gets into the cab to leave? Why did Larry think her comment was ironic?
8. Who is the narrator of the story? What do we learn about him in the opening "Conversations?" Where is his home?
9. How did Leslie react to settling into their new home? What did he set about to do while in Corfu? How did his mother react to this plan?
10. How did Gerald's family react to the seahorses? What unusual thing did Theodore teach Gerald about seahorses?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Durrell dedicated his memoir to Theodore Stephanides. Who was Theodore Stephanides in Durrell's life? Why do you think Durrell dedicated his book to him?
Essay Topic 2
What is a memoir? What specific qualities separate memoir from autobiography? What qualities are inherent in a memoir?
Essay Topic 3
Who is Kralefsky? He is given an opportunity to tell a story in Chapter Nine. What is the story he tells, and why does Gerald doubt the truth of the story?
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