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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 attended the seance with Mrs. Haddock?
2. What advice did Prudence give Mother about Margo's behavior?
3. Who were Itch and Scratch?
4. What did the doctor in Corfu recommend to treat Margo's health problems?
5. What did Gerald receive in the mail at the beginning of winter in Corfu?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who was Mawake? What was unusual about Mawake?
2. What sound woke Larry in the middle of the night that caused him to wake the rest of the family? What did Gerald tell them all that explained things? What had caused the noise?
3. What misadventure did Gerald have on his way to meet Countess Mavrodaki? How did he feel when he arrived at her house? What was her response to his misadventure on the way over?
4. Who was Tickletummy? Where did Tickletummy come from? What special quality did Tickletummy have that warranted his name?
5. Who was Papa Demetrios? How did Gerald and Papa Demetrios know each other? What story did he tell Gerald about a fellow villager, Andreas Papoyakis?
6. What was the Talking Head? How did it work?
7. What happened when Gerald arrived home after his visit with Pavlo and the gypsy?
8. What was the bear's name? How did he respond to Gerald? What was Gerald's reaction to the bear?
9. What did Donald want to read to Larry? What was Larry's response? What was Mother's response?
10. What happened to Mother, Larry and the rest of the crew on the yacht ride with Mother? How did Mother react to the event? What was in the letter Captain Creech sent Mother after his departure and how did Mother respond to it?
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
What is a memoir? What specific qualities separate memoir from autobiography? What qualities are inherent in a memoir?
Essay Topic 3
When Leslie is brought to trial by a neighbor accusing Roger of eating three turkeys, Spiro tells him how to handle the problem. What does Spiro help Leslie do, and how does his idea work out for Leslie? What comment is Durrell making about the legal affairs in their small village?
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