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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 given to Gerry's boat?
(a) The Sea Calf.
(b) The Bootle-Bumtrinket.
(c) The Bumtrinket.
(d) The Bootle.
2. Why is Leslie's bath impeded in Part 3, Chapter 18?
(a) Margo had used all the towels.
(b) Gerry has his water-snakes in the bath.
(c) He has to help save Dodo from the angry dogs.
(d) The water is shut off.
3. Who does Gerry ask to build him a boat so he can visit the archipelago?
(a) Peter.
(b) Spiro.
(c) Larry.
(d) Leslie.
4. Why do the Durrells decide to move back to England?
(a) For Gerry's education.
(b) Great Aunt Hermione died.
(c) The bank demands their presence.
(d) Because they miss merry ole England.
5. When Gerry reaches the nest at the top of the olive tree, what do his dogs below look like?
(a) As small as a toad.
(b) The size of ants.
(c) The size of pimpernel flowers.
(d) They look like their regular size.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Kralefsky's special interest?
2. How does Kralefsky teach Gerry the French language?
3. What event occurs at the end of Part II: Chapter 12, the Woodcock Winter that causes the family great distress?
4. How does Kralefsky end up with two broken ribs?
5. Instead of catching Old Plop, what does Gerry catch?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why are the Durrells having a party in Part 3?
2. Why does Larry go snipe hunting?
3. What intriguing creature did Gerry find in the crumbling wall, and why did this upset Larry?
4. What is Margo's reaction to Peter having to leave the island because they are getting too close?
5. At the end of Part III: Chapter 13, The Snow-White Villa, why does Theodore ponder the idea of having the toads swallow swords?
6. Why did Gerry's trips to the archipelago in the Sea Cow become less frequent?
7. What battle between a gecko and mantis takes place in Gerry's room? What is the outcome?
8. How did Gerry apply psychology to get his family on board with the idea of him getting a boat for his birthday?
9. What does the introduction of Dodo say about Mother's character?
10. What is the final event, revisited oppositely, that Spiro helps the family with?
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