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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. What is the name of the black-backed gull Gerry acquires from the criminal?
(a) Aleko.
(b) Vido.
(c) Albania.
(d) Kosti.

2. What is the one thing that Roger, Widdle, and Puke find interesting about Dodo?
(a) She can jump high.
(b) She can sneak treats for them.
(c) She comes into season regularly.
(d) She can catch her tail.

3. What is the name given to Gerry's boat?
(a) The Bootle-Bumtrinket.
(b) The Bootle.
(c) The Bumtrinket.
(d) The Sea Calf.

4. Who is Old Plop?
(a) A big old fish in the bay.
(b) A large and ancient terrapin.
(c) A criminal.
(d) An old Greecian peasant man who makes a plopping noise when he sits.

5. What is wrong with Theodore's friend's house when another floor is added?
(a) The windows will not open.
(b) They do not have zoning permits.
(c) There are no stairs.
(d) They use poor materials.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event gets Margo out of the attic?

2. Why do Gerry and Kralefsky go to the top of his house?

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

4. In Part II: Conversation, where does the family spend most of its time eating, sleeping, reading, and/or arguing?

5. What does Larry find in the matchbox when he wants to light his cigarette?

Short Essay Questions

1. Gerry's magpies, or magenpies, are from the crow tribe of birds. How do they live up to the crow tribe stereo type in the Durrell family house, especially in Larry's room?

2. What event causes the eldest Durrell children for once to agree? What do they agree on?

3. Why was Gerry initially suspicious when his family told him his new tutor, Mr. Kralefsky, was interested in birds?

4. How did Mr. Kralefsky's tall tales of saving ladies from danger get him two broken ribs?

5. What battle between a gecko and mantis takes place in Gerry's room? What is the outcome?

6. What two ways did Peter teach Gerry English?

7. How are Dodo and Margo alike?

8. What is Margo's reaction to Peter having to leave the island because they are getting too close?

9. In Part II: Conversation, how does Gerry describe the arrival of spring?

10. At the end of Part III: Chapter 13, The Snow-White Villa, why does Theodore ponder the idea of having the toads swallow swords?

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