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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Quasimodo during Gerry's lessons?
(a) Flying around the room.
(b) Marching to music.
(c) Sitting on the table.
(d) Sitting in Gerry's lap.

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

3. How many species of cyclops are found on Corfu?
(a) Several.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Twenty.

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

5. Who is the goat shepherd who tells Gerry the tale of the cypress tree?
(a) Spiro.
(b) Yani.
(c) Agathi.
(d) The Rose-Beetle Man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Durrell children not know the age of their mother?

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

3. After their swim in Chapter 5, where do Gerry and Roger go for a snack?

4. What illness does Larry suffer from in the English weather?

5. In the beginning of Part I: Chapter 4, what does Gerry's Mother decide for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gerry describe the Strawberry-Pink Villa?

2. Who instigates the move to Corfu and why?

3. Gerry ponders what insect movements, on top of the trapdoor, must sound like to a trapdoor spider. What were some of his ideas?

4. How does Gerry describe his first glimpse and sounds of Corfu and its waters?

5. How do the islanders see Spiro?

6. How does the Durrell family breakfast play out?

7. How does Gerry describe the weather in England during August?

8. How did George get Gerry interested in history?

9. Was Mother's request to be shown a villa with a bathroom unreasonable?

10. Why is Mother concerned about Larry's friends being highbrow?

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