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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Instead of catching Old Plop, what does Gerry catch?
(a) A criminal.
(b) The flu.
(c) Two water-snakes.
(d) A big old fish in the bay.

2. What names are given to the magpies that Gerry takes from the nest?
(a) Achilles and Ulysses.
(b) Magenpies.
(c) Widdle and Puke.
(d) Dee and Dum.

3. What does Larry find in the matchbox when he wants to light his cigarette?
(a) Baby scorpions.
(b) An earwig.
(c) A female scorpion.
(d) A female scorpion and her babies.

4. Where does Spiro obtain Gerry's goldfish?
(a) The palace of Spirodian.
(b) The palace of the Greek King.
(c) The bay.
(d) The pet store.

5. What are the Chessboard Fields named after?
(a) Mr. Chessboard, a Englishman who once lived on Corfu.
(b) Fields sprawling with small square crops.
(c) Fields sprawling with flowers in a chessboard pattern.
(d) A field where the peasants play chess every Sunday.

6. How many baby magpies does Gerry take from the nest?
(a) Four.
(b) None.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

7. What does Gerry name the gecko that takes up residence in his bedroom?
(a) Dodo.
(b) Ulysess.
(c) Piddle.
(d) Geronimo.

8. Where is the Durrell family planning to move in Part II: Conversation?
(a) To a smaller villa.
(b) To another island in Greece.
(c) To a bigger villa.
(d) To England.

9. From what union does Dodo bear a puppy?
(a) Her union with Roger.
(b) Her union with Widdle.
(c) Her union with Ulysses.
(d) Her union with Puke.

10. Where does Geronimo live?
(a) With Spiro.
(b) In the zinna bed.
(c) In the snow-white villa.
(d) In Mother's room.

11. Where does Mother say she wants to be buried?
(a) Lake Ocarina.
(b) England.
(c) Lake Antinoitissa.
(d) Corfu.

12. Aside from the sirocco, what impedes Margo's return from the island where she seeks solitude?
(a) The dogs barking.
(b) Peter.
(c) Her puffy sunburned eyelids.
(d) The Sea Cow.

13. When Gerry reaches the nest at the top of the olive tree, what do his dogs below look like?
(a) The size of pimpernel flowers.
(b) They look like their regular size.
(c) The size of ants.
(d) As small as a toad.

14. What event occurs at the end of Part II: Chapter 12, the Woodcock Winter that causes the family great distress?
(a) Leslie's burglar alarm.
(b) Gerry's scorpion's babies get out of the matchboxes.
(c) A fire in the house.
(d) The magenpies get out.

15. What event gets Margo out of the attic?
(a) Peter returning for her.
(b) Gerry pleading with her.
(c) Leslie's burglar trap going off.
(d) Mother's delicious meals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gerry say "danced and twisted like wind-blown confetti" in the summer?

2. Who are Widdle and Puke?

3. What gives Spiro a weak stomach?

4. What does the crumbling wall that surrounded the sunken garden provide Gerry?

5. Why do the Durrells decide to move back to England?

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