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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 found the baby hedgehogs and called for Gerald to come see them?
2. Where was Margo when Mother and Gerald arrived to see her?
3. What happened to Gerald on his way to the Countess's house for their meeting?
4. What did Larry think was making all the commotion in the attic in the middle of the night?
5. What did Mother go into the kitchen to make for Captain Creech to have with tea?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Pru tell Mother about Margo's behavior in London? What were her concerns? How did Margo react to the concerns of her great aunts and mother?
2. What happened when Gerald arrived home after his visit with Pavlo and the gypsy?
3. Who was Tickletummy? Where did Tickletummy come from? What special quality did Tickletummy have that warranted his name?
4. What did Gerald find in a field an old woman was cultivating? What did Gerald do with his find?
5. What did Gerald observe about the women and the machinery of pressing olives?
6. What unusual method did Donald and Max have for leaving the villa on the night of their visit? What happened as they left?
7. What did Gerald do with his owl when he got home? What name did he give his owl? Where did he place the owl once he had tended to him?
8. Why did Gerald and Mother go to London? What did they find when they got there?
9. Who was Demetrios-Mustapha? How did he get this name?
10. What was the Talking Head? How did it work?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Gerald gives detailed descriptions of two customs of the village in which he lives. One is the wedding ceremony, and another childbirth. Describe both of these customs, and how Gerald ends up witnessing them both in his first months on the island.
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
In almost all chapters of his memoir, Chapter Ten excluded, Durrell introduces new people into the story. Discuss the purpose of the introductions of Sven Olson, Donald and Max, and Captain Creech. What purpose do these people serve in the story, and what does their presence in the chapter allow Durrell to remember about his family members?
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