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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Gerry settle into and spend his days at the villa?
(a) In the bay.
(b) In the grape vines.
(c) In the olive groves.
(d) In the garden.

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

4. What illness does Margo suffer from in the English weather?
(a) Acne.
(b) None.
(c) Catarrh.
(d) Flu.

5. How does George go about teaching Gerry mathematics?
(a) With flash cards.
(b) With rhythmic rhymes.
(c) By repetition of examples.
(d) Through natural history examples.

6. Who rescues the Durrells from the Greek cab drivers?
(a) George.
(b) Spiro.
(c) The British Consul.
(d) Roger.

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

8. Who accompanies Margo and the Turkish boy on their date?
(a) Leslie.
(b) Mother.
(c) Gerry.
(d) Spiro.

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

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

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

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

13. What size of tortoise are on the hill?
(a) Big ones and little ones.
(b) Large ones only.
(c) Medium sized ones.
(d) Teacup sized ones only.

14. What does Gerry think about Theodore's library?
(a) It is full of natural history books.
(b) It is thoroughly well-balanced.
(c) It does not have enough Sherlock Holmes.
(d) The Darwin books are dusty.

15. What brings a smile to Lugaretzia?
(a) Her children.
(b) Talking about her ailments.
(c) Daffodils.
(d) Cooking.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the Durrell family living at the beginning of Part II: Chapter 7?

3. Where does Spiro live, and learn English, while in America?

4. What does George find helpful in teaching Gerry?

5. Where is the Island of Corfu located?

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