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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 is grounded for ten days.
(b) He receives French lessons with the Belgian consul.
(c) He has to get a job.
(d) He receives Greek lessons with Spiro.

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

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 bay.
(c) The veranda.
(d) The olive groves.

4. What uncharacteristic thing does Larry do in Part II: Chapter 12, the Woodcock Winter?
(a) Go hunting.
(b) Take dancing lessons.
(c) Go on a diet.
(d) Help Mother in the kitchen.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What gives Spiro a weak stomach?

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

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

5. When Spiro brings the mail, what does the bulk of Margo's mail consist of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why are the Durrells having a party in Part 3?

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

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

8. What is the final event, revisited oppositely, that Spiro helps the family with?

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

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

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