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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. Under the loose plaster of the crumbing wall, what does Gerry find?
(a) A white scorpion.
(b) A black scorpion.
(c) Earwigs.
(d) A black beetle.

2. Which two Durrell family members get motion sickness in the boats?
(a) Mother and Dodo.
(b) Puke and Peter.
(c) Theodore and Dodo.
(d) Theodore and Puke.

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

4. What is the name of Gerry's book that he starts writing in Part II: Chapter 10, Pageant of the Fireflies?
(a) Boy's Own Paper.
(b) My Adventures with Roger.
(c) Natural History of Corfu.
(d) Fauna of Corfu.

5. Who are Widdle and Puke?
(a) Two tortoises Gerry receives for his birthday.
(b) Two magenpies Gerry receives for his birthday.
(c) Two puppies Gerry receives for his birthday.
(d) Two owls Gerry receives for his birthday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event gets Margo out of the attic?

2. What does Kralefsky consider to be "the ticket"?

3. How many baby magpies does Gerry take from the nest?

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

5. In Part II: Chapter 11, The Enchanted Archipelago, what addition is made to the Sea Cow?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Larry go snipe hunting?

3. What two ways did Peter teach Gerry English?

4. The moon did not shine the night of Mother's inaugural swim. What lit up the night in the air and in the water?

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

6. What does the introduction of Dodo say about Mother's character?

7. How did Gerry apply psychology to get his family on board with the idea of him getting a boat for his birthday?

8. What intriguing creature did Gerry find in the crumbling wall, and why did this upset Larry?

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

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

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