My Family and Other Animals Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Gerald Durrell
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 140 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

My Family and Other Animals Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What special day is it when Spiro drives Gerry, Mother, and Margo to town to buy furniture?
(a) Saint Spiridon Day.
(b) Saint Assisi Day.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Valentine's Day.

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

3. How old is Gerry when the family moves to Corfu?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Two.

4. What kind of transportation do the Durrell's use to get to town?
(a) One stretch limo.
(b) Two horse-drawn cabs.
(c) Two taxi cabs.
(d) Spiro picked them up in his Suburban.

5. Who names Gerry's pigeon?
(a) Mother.
(b) Larry.
(c) Quasimodo.
(d) Margo.

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

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

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

9. What does Gerry take, for his collection, from one of the tortoises?
(a) One of her eggs.
(b) A piece of his shell.
(c) One of his eggs.
(d) His shell.

10. What does Theodore send Gerry to assist him in his field work?
(a) A magnifying glass.
(b) A pocket microscope.
(c) A compass.
(d) A notebook and pen.

11. What does Spiro not like about the man that Margo goes swimming with?
(a) He is a prisoner.
(b) He does not have a job.
(c) He is a Turk.
(d) He cuts peoples throats.

12. What do the olive groves echo with?
(a) Flutes.
(b) Lizards.
(c) Goldfinches.
(d) Cicadas.

13. What is the name of the family dog?
(a) Roger.
(b) Margo.
(c) Rover.
(d) Leslie.

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

15. What wakes Yani up from his siesta in Chapter 5?
(a) Roger chasing a cat.
(b) Gerry shaking him.
(c) Gerry throwing stones.
(d) Gerry willing him awake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gerry think about Theodore's library?

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

3. Who lives at the cottage?

4. Who, out of the Durrell family, does Spiro adore the most?

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

(see the answer keys)

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