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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. To what did Countess Mavrodaki invite Gerald to be her guest?
(a) For lunch the following Wednesday.
(b) For dinner the following Friday,
(c) For dinner the following week.
(d) For lunch the following Friday.

2. Of what did Margo accuse her mother during their conversation with Mrs. Haddock?
(a) Of being prejudiced and rude.
(b) Of being rude and vociferous.
(c) Of being narrow-minded and confused.
(d) Of being narrow-minded and Victorian.

3. What new health problem beset Margo after Leslie's court case?
(a) She begins to lose weight.
(b) She begins to gain weight.
(c) She becomes very depressed.
(d) Her hair begins to fall out.

4. What unusual feature of Mrs. Haddock's speech did Mother immediately notice?
(a) She was able to throw her voice.
(b) She had an American accent.
(c) Her voice sounded like it was coming from another room.
(d) All her words were strung together without a break.

5. How did Gerald's family react when he walked into the drawing room the afternoon he had met the gypsy?
(a) They yelled at Gerald to take his new pet outdoors.
(b) They asked where his newest creature came from.
(c) They applauded and told Gerald it was a great trick.
(d) They screamed, lept to their feet, and tried to protect themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Donald and Max get home after their visit to the Durrell's home?

2. What was the name of the Countess's husband?

3. What did Larry say over and over again upon seeing Gerald and the bear?

4. Where was Margo when Mother and Gerald arrived to see her?

5. What did Gerald do with the bear?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Demetrios-Mustapha? How did he get this name?

2. What was the Talking Head? How did it work?

3. What did Gerald observe about the women and the machinery of pressing olives?

4. What did Donald want to read to Larry? What was Larry's response? What was Mother's response?

5. Who was Tickletummy? Where did Tickletummy come from? What special quality did Tickletummy have that warranted his name?

6. Who was Papa Demetrios? How did Gerald and Papa Demetrios know each other? What story did he tell Gerald about a fellow villager, Andreas Papoyakis?

7. What happened to Mother, Larry and the rest of the crew on the yacht ride with Mother? How did Mother react to the event? What was in the letter Captain Creech sent Mother after his departure and how did Mother respond to it?

8. What did Pru tell Mother about Margo's behavior in London? What were her concerns? How did Margo react to the concerns of her great aunts and mother?

9. Why did Gerald and Mother go to London? What did they find when they got there?

10. Where did Margo go for treatment for her acne and weight gain? With whom did she stay? Was the treatment successful?

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