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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are in the two cases the customs officials are holding of the Durrells?
(a) Leslie's gun books.
(b) Bed linens.
(c) Mother's recipe books.
(d) Spices.

3. Who supplies Gerald with several "dreadful puns" in the book?
(a) His wife.
(b) Spiro.
(c) Larry.
(d) Dr. Theodore Stephanides.

4. How does Gerry describe the Corfu winter?
(a) Warm and wet.
(b) Warm and dry.
(c) Cold and wet.
(d) Cold and dry.

5. Larry becomes overweight in the spring. Which of the following is one of Margo's suggested diets?
(a) Milk and cooked vegetables.
(b) Brown bread and olives.
(c) Orange juice and salad.
(d) Atkins.

6. Instead to taking his goats to Gastouri, what does Yani do?
(a) Tastes Taki's red wine.
(b) Tastes Taki's white wine.
(c) Eats figs all day.
(d) Goes fishing.

7. When Spring came, Larry purchases a guitar and a large barrel of strong red wine. What kind of songs does he play?
(a) Island peasant songs.
(b) Elizabethan love songs.
(c) Island folk songs.
(d) English melodies.

8. What is the tale of the cypress trees?
(a) You will have a good rest if you sleep under them.
(b) They will steal your brains if you sleep under them.
(c) They will give you nightmares.
(d) They will give you pleasant dreams.

9. While still on the boat, approaching Corfu, what does Gerry hear?
(a) Church bells.
(b) Cicadas.
(c) Gulls.
(d) The ships engines.

10. How many years does the Durrell family stay on Corfu?
(a) Six years.
(b) One year.
(c) Four and a half years.
(d) Five years.

11. What is the first item the Rose-Beetle Man sells Gerry?
(a) A tortoise.
(b) A pigeon.
(c) A flute.
(d) A magpie.

12. What does Roger do during Gerry's lessons?
(a) Chases butterflies.
(b) Sleeps under the table.
(c) Dances in the drawing room.
(d) Roams the countryside.

13. Why do the Durrell's want to leave the hotel as soon as possible?
(a) The food is awful.
(b) They want to settle down soon.
(c) It is a dusty hotel.
(d) The state of the lavatory.

14. What hobby does Margo take up after settling into the villa?
(a) Gardening.
(b) Sun-bathing.
(c) Reading.
(d) Dieting.

15. What insects does Gerry find that can change colors, like chameleons?
(a) Hornets.
(b) Mantis.
(c) Rose beetles.
(d) Crab spiders.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gerry brings four books on natural history, a butterfly net, a dog, and ______ to Corfu.

2. Why does Margo kiss the saint's feet?

3. Who is the goat shepherd who tells Gerry the tale of the cypress tree?

4. What does Larry say his mother is starting to look like in Part I: Prologue, The Migration?

5. Where is the Island of Corfu located?

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