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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. When returning to the villa with his horn blaring, what does Spiro have with him for the party?
(a) The Greek King.
(b) Larry's manuscript from the publisher.
(c) Three cooked turkeys.
(d) The doctor for Kralefsky.

2. Who does Gerry walk to the sea with?
(a) Old Plop.
(b) Larry.
(c) Theodore.
(d) A criminal.

3. In Part II: Conversation, where does the family spend most of its time eating, sleeping, reading, and/or arguing?
(a) The garden.
(b) The olive groves.
(c) The veranda.
(d) The bay.

4. How does Kralefsky teach Gerry the French language?
(a) By walking around town and naming things.
(b) By repetition and drills.
(c) With a set of zoology books.
(d) With a set of bird books.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Durrell family planning to move in Part II: Conversation?

2. Which two Durrell family members get motion sickness in the boats?

3. Why are the sea fauna greatly attracted to the archipelago?

4. Why do the Durrells decide to move back to England?

5. At the snow-white villa, what does Gerry get on intimate terms with?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Larry go snipe hunting?

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

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

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

6. How are Dodo and Margo alike?

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

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

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

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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