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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. What did Gerald name the donkey?
2. What did Theodore and Gerald snack on after their day of exploration in Chapter Four?
3. According to the story, what happened to the woman who would not sell her milk for seventeen coins?
4. In what month did the Darrell family arrive in Corfu?
5. Who sometimes accompanied Gerald on his boating trips around the island?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Why did George introduce Gerald to Theo Stephanides? What did Gerald hope to learn from Theo?
3. 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?
4. What is a China-mark moth? What makes this moth unique?
5. Who was Roger? How did Gerald meet Roger? What did Gerald and Roger do together on the island?
6. 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?
7. 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?
8. What was the "hypocritical prayer?" What did Gerald observe about this creature?
9. What did Larry offer to teach Gerald about caring for Sally? What important piece of information did Larry not know that caused him trouble? What happened?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Larry is the oldest child in the family, and Gerald's oldest brother. Write a character sketch for Larry. Include his role in the family, his various interests, and his most noticeable personality traits. Also draw your own conclusions about his behavior, his feelings about his family, and specifically his feelings for Gerald.
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
The writer uses dialogue to enhance the characters and often to inject humor into a situation. What are three examples of memorable dialogue in the memoir? Why are they memorable, and why are they important to the memoir?
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