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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Mother dispense of Peter's services?
2. How many guest RSVP to Gerry's birthday party?
3. Why are the sea fauna greatly attracted to the archipelago?
4. What colors are the cyclamen that grow under the olive trees?
5. What riveting news does Mother receive in a letter from Great Aunt Hermione?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why are the Durrells having a party in Part 3?
2. Gerry's magpies, or magenpies, are from the crow tribe of birds. How do they live up to the crow tribe stereo type in the Durrell family house, especially in Larry's room?
3. How does Gerry describe the Chessboard Fields?
4. What event causes the eldest Durrell children for once to agree? What do they agree on?
5. What battle between a gecko and mantis takes place in Gerry's room? What is the outcome?
6. In Part II: Conversation, how does Gerry describe the arrival of spring?
7. What two ways did Peter teach Gerry English?
8. How are Dodo and Margo alike?
9. The moon did not shine the night of Mother's inaugural swim. What lit up the night in the air and in the water?
10. How did Mr. Kralefsky's tall tales of saving ladies from danger get him two broken ribs?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Dr. Theodore Stephanides is socially awkward, especially with greeting people and then parting ways. Discuss your theory as to why he has this social awkwardness.
Essay Topic 2
The Durrell family children were young when the arrived on the island of Corfu, Larry was twenty-three, Leslie nineteen, Margo eighteen, and Gerry ten. Five years later they left the island bound for England. How were the children portrayed at the beginning of the book? At the end? Explain their character growth, if any over the five year span on Corfu.
Essay Topic 3
Explain the Durrell family's entry onto the island of Corfu. Why do you think it was important to Larry to enter with majestic pose? Did Mother or Larry's siblings share his idea? Why or why not?
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