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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. Where did the owl spend the rest of the night after the commotion in the attic?

2. What is a carrochino?

3. What did the doctor in Corfu recommend to treat Margo's health problems?

4. What was the name of the Countess's husband?

5. Where did the baby hedgehogs live?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Gerald and Mother go to London? What did they find when they got there?

2. When Margo, Mother, Fan and Prue took the dogs with them shopping, what happened?

3. Who was Mawake? What was unusual about Mawake?

4. Where did Margo go for treatment for her acne and weight gain? With whom did she stay? Was the treatment successful?

5. What kinds of food and drink did Gerald's luncheon with the Countess consist of? How did Gerald feel as he left the Countess' villa to go home?

6. Who was the Countess Mavrodaki? Why did she contact Gerald? What was Larry's reaction to her letter to Gerald?

7. What was the Talking Head? How did it work?

8. Who was Tickletummy? Where did Tickletummy come from? What special quality did Tickletummy have that warranted his name?

9. Who was Demetrios-Mustapha? How did he get this name?

10. How did Mother respond to meeting Mawake and Mrs. Haddock? How was this reaction unusual for Mother? What was the conclusion of the meeting?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Gerald says upon introducing Theodore Stephanides to his story, "...someone who was going to become immediately the most important person in my life. To me, Theodore was one of the most remarkable people I had ever met." Explain who Theodore Stephanides is, and why he is so important in Gerald's life.

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