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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 family find the missing Donald who was yelling "cooee?"

2. In what room did the Countess and Gerald eat their meal?

3. What happened during the seance that startled Prue and made her scream?

4. What did Margo ask her mother to do with the cabbage she had brought with her to the hotel?

5. What had Mrs. Haddock, channeling Mawake, told Margo to do about her health problems?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Donald want to read to Larry? What was Larry's response? What was Mother's response?

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

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

4. 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?

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

7. What did Gerald find in a field an old woman was cultivating? What did Gerald do with his find?

8. Who did Gerald and his mother find sitting on their front porch the afternoon they returned from their excursion into the olive groves? Where did this person come from and why? How did Mother get along with this new guest?

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

10. 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?

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

There are many important scenes in the memoir in which the whole family reacts to something Gerald has done. One is the family's reaction to Pavlo. Another is the description of the turtle on the veranda. By their reactions, the family provides us with important parts of their personalities. Compare and contrast these two important examples of the family reacting to something Gerald has done, and discuss what we learn about the people involved.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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