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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. Why did Mother decide to take Gerald with her to see Margo?
2. How did Gerald plan to feed the baby hedgehogs?
3. What was Gerald contemplating on his walk home from meeting the gypsy and Pavlo?
4. What was the name of the Countess's husband?
5. What did Gerald drink throughout his meal with the Countess?
Short Essay Questions
1. What unusual method did Donald and Max have for leaving the villa on the night of their visit? What happened as they left?
2. Who arrived at the house in the middle of the night? Where did they come from and why did they come to the villa? How did the family react to their arrival?
3. What did Gerald observe about the women and the machinery of pressing olives?
4. Why did Gerald and Mother go to London? What did they find when they got there?
5. What was the bear's name? How did he respond to Gerald? What was Gerald's reaction to the bear?
6. Who did Gerald meet one day during one of his excursions into the crepe myrtles? What unusual creature did this person have?
7. What happened when Gerald arrived home after his visit with Pavlo and the gypsy?
8. 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?
9. When Margo, Mother, Fan and Prue took the dogs with them shopping, what happened?
10. What did Donald want to read to Larry? What was Larry's response? What was Mother's response?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
Before Chapter Four, Durrell has placed a quote from Professor Anstead, "Hospitality is, indeed, now no less than in classical times, a sacred duty in these islands, and it is a duty more conscientiously performed." How does this quote apply to the Durrell family? What are some examples of the hospitality they have offered to guests? What kinds of hospitality have been offered to them?
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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