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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does George find helpful in teaching Gerry?
(a) Relating everything to caterpillars.
(b) Relating everything to birds.
(c) Placing a sprig of zoology into every subject.
(d) Never leaving the house for an exploration of nature.

2. How do Gerry and George win points in their game in the bay?
(a) By finding the most sea-slugs.
(b) By applying mathematic applications to the sea fauna.
(c) By discovering the most sea fauna.
(d) By squirting the sea-slug the farthest.

3. How does Gerry describe his mother at the beginning of Part I: Chapter 1, The Unsuspected Isle?
(a) "Like a weary traveler, no worse for the wear."
(b) "Like a Greek godess, trailing muslin and scent."
(c) "Like a tiny, harassed missionary in an uprising."
(d) "Like a prim and proper English woman, dressed for tea."

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

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

6. What is wrong with the furniture in the villa?
(a) The family does not like the color scheme.
(b) It is uncomfortable.
(c) It is twenty years old and falling apart.
(d) It is Victorian, the wrong style.

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

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

9. According to Gerry, to whom or what does Tortoise Hill belong?
(a) The island of Corfu.
(b) Madame Cyclops.
(c) The tortoises.
(d) Gerry, because he names it Tortoise Hill.

10. Where does Spiro live, and learn English, while in America?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Dallas.
(c) Stillwater.
(d) Boston.

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

12. What does Larry say the family needs in Part I: Prologue, The Migration?
(a) Better literature.
(b) Sunshine.
(c) More money.
(d) A better doctor.

13. Why does Yani tell Gerry the scorpion is drowned in olive oil?
(a) If stung by a scorpion, rub the oil on the spot and there will be hardly any discomfort.
(b) The oil preserves the body.
(c) It is an old Greek superstition to ward off scorpions from your home.
(d) Scorpion oil cures acne.

14. Where is the Durrell family living at the beginning of Part II: Chapter 7?
(a) In the Daffodil-Yellow Villa.
(b) In the Pension Suisse.
(c) In the Snow-White Villa.
(d) In the Strawberry-Pink Villa.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of Part I: Chapter 3, in the morning at the Strawberry-Pink Villa, where is the family eating breakfast?

2. How is the August weather in England described?

3. How does Gerry describe the Corfu winter?

4. Who does Gerald dedicate this book to?

5. One day Mother and Gerry buy the Rose-Beetle Man's entire stock of rose-beetles, what do they do with them?

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