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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 was Pavlo's special talent?

2. What is a carrochino?

3. What new health problem beset Margo after Leslie's court case?

4. How did Captain Creech injure his face?

5. Why did Margo and Larry implore Donald and Max to be quiet?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the bear's name? How did he respond to Gerald? What was Gerald's reaction to the bear?

3. What happened when Gerald arrived home after his visit with Pavlo and the gypsy?

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

5. What unusual method did Donald and Max have for leaving the villa on the night of their visit? What happened as they left?

6. 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?

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

8. 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?

9. Who did Gerald entrust to care for his baby hedgehogs while he was gone for the weekend with his mother? What condition were they in when he returned?

10. Who did Gerald meet one day during one of his excursions into the crepe myrtles? What unusual creature did this person have?

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

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?

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