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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Gerry's mother insist he explain she is a widow?
(a) She wants her story told accurately.
(b) She wants the reader's sympathy.
(c) She wants men to know she is available.
(d) She does not want people to think ill of her.

2. What is Gerry's most exciting discovery?
(a) Mantis.
(b) An earwig's nest.
(c) Rose beetles.
(d) Crab spiders.

3. What does Theodore tell Gerry made the trapdoors?
(a) The earwig spider.
(b) The trapdoor earwig.
(c) The trapdoor spider.
(d) The common earwig.

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

5. What disturbs Larry's writing on the second morning in the villa?
(a) Lawnmowers cutting grass.
(b) A donkey braying.
(c) Bees buzzing.
(d) Gerry's magenpies.

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

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

8. What is Mother doing at the onset of Larry's attack about England's climate and the family's illnesses?
(a) Reading a cooking book.
(b) Reading a gardening book.
(c) Washing dishes.
(d) Petting Dodo.

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

10. How is Spiro known by the people on the island?
(a) He is known for his long mustache.
(b) He is well-known and feared by all.
(c) He is respected and feared.
(d) He is well-known and respected.

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

12. How many people does Larry tell Mother to budget for food and lodging, concerning his summer guests that will be arriving within a few weeks?
(a) Ten or Twelve.
(b) Two or three.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Seven or eight.

13. What is interesting about Quasimodo?
(a) She eats strawberries.
(b) She sleeps in the house.
(c) She lays an egg.
(d) She marches to music.

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

15. Who, out of the Durrell family, does Spiro adore the most?
(a) Larry.
(b) Mother.
(c) Roger.
(d) Gerry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who names Gerry's pigeon?

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

3. What is the first item the Rose-Beetle Man sells Gerry?

4. What about the tortoises does Gerry find very interesting?

5. Who suggests to Larry that Corfu is wonderful?

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