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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. As a result of the matchbox incident, what happens to Gerry?
(a) He has to get a job.
(b) He receives Greek lessons with Spiro.
(c) He is grounded for ten days.
(d) He receives French lessons with the Belgian consul.

2. What is the family preparing for in Part III: Chapter 18, An Entertainment with Animals?
(a) A circus.
(b) A party.
(c) A going away party.
(d) A birthday.

3. How does Kralefsky end up with two broken ribs?
(a) Fighting with a bull-terrier.
(b) Falling down stairs.
(c) Carrying an overweight lady and then slipping on a wet stone.
(d) Wrestling with Gerry.

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

5. What colors are the cyclamen that grow under the olive trees?
(a) Magenta and red-wine.
(b) White and purple.
(c) Magenta and white.
(d) Red-wine and white.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gives Spiro a weak stomach?

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

3. How is the Durrell family described on the train back to England?

4. What is the name given to Gerry's boat?

5. The toads that Gerry finds are the size of:

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Larry go snipe hunting?

2. How are Dodo and Margo alike?

3. The Belgian consul exterminated emaciated cats as a humane act of kindness. What does Gerry think about this?

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

5. Mr. Kralefsky's mother believes flowers can talk and have personality. How does Gerry respond to this idea?

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

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

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

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

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

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