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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Larry say his mother is starting to look like in Part I: Prologue, The Migration?
(a) A ray of sunshine in the gloomy climate.
(b) An Irish washerwoman.
(c) A widow.
(d) A plate of scarlet porridge.

2. How often does Gerry meet with Theodore?
(a) Only one time.
(b) Every Thursday.
(c) Every other Thursday.
(d) Every day.

3. What do Gerry and George use as water-pistols in the bay?
(a) Water-pistols.
(b) Sponges.
(c) Sea slugs.
(d) Shells.

4. What does Gerald say living on Corfu is like?
(a) Like living in the Garden of Eden.
(b) Like living in one of the more flamboyant and slapstick comic operas.
(c) Like living with the three stooges.
(d) Like living in a dream.

5. What does Gerry liken Spiro to as he looks over and takes care of the family?
(a) An ugly angel.
(b) A watchdog.
(c) A guardian angel.
(d) Saint Assisi.

6. When Larry goes to light a cigarette, what flies out of the box?
(a) A fire-fly.
(b) A grashopper.
(c) A bumble-bee.
(d) A mantis.

7. Who is the most weird and fascinating character Gerry meets on his explorations?
(a) George.
(b) Yani.
(c) Theodore.
(d) The Rose-Beetle Man.

8. What is Larry's suggestion when Mother tells him they cannot fit the number of guests he has invited in their house?
(a) Move to a bigger villa.
(b) Add on a guest room to the villa.
(c) Send Margo, Leslie, and Gerry away for the summer.
(d) Build a cottage on their property.

9. Who lives at the cottage?
(a) No one, it is for Larry's guests.
(b) A elderly gardener and his wife.
(c) Lots of insect life for Gerry to explore.
(d) Leslie moves into the cottage.

10. At the end of Part II: Chapter 8, Tortoise Hills, what does Theodore say can happen in Corfu?
(a) A wine shortage.
(b) Tropical storms.
(c) Flooding.
(d) Anything.

11. In the beginning of Part I: Conversation, what does Larry do that upsets Mother?
(a) Tells Leslie, Margo, Gerry, and Mother they will have to sleep outside while his friends are here.
(b) Invites all his friends to come and stay with them on the island.
(c) Invites all his friends to visit and sleep on the veranda.
(d) Invites all his friends to visit and stay at Pension Suisse.

12. What does Margo's Turkish suitor think he can do superbly?
(a) Dance, fence, and type.
(b) Write, swim, and ride.
(c) Swim, ride, and sail.
(d) Cook, sail, and write.

13. Where does Theodore suggest they go in the spring to explore ditches?
(a) His backyard.
(b) Val de Ropa.
(c) The Corfu bay.
(d) The strawberry-pink villa.

14. Why do the Durrell children not know the age of their mother?
(a) Her mother did not tell her the date she was born.
(b) Her birth certificate is damaged in a move.
(c) She will not tell them her age.
(d) She can never remember the date of her birth.

15. Who suggests to Larry that Corfu is wonderful?
(a) Leslie.
(b) Spiro.
(c) His friend George.
(d) Gerry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Quasimodo during Gerry's lessons?

2. What does Theodore tell Gerry made the trapdoors?

3. What does Roger do during Gerry's lessons?

4. How does George go about teaching Gerry mathematics?

5. What is the original intent of Gerald Durrell for this book?

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