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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. What did Larry say over and over again upon seeing Gerald and the bear?
(a) He was allergic to bears.
(b) He aksed if he could touch it.
(c) He was too frightened of bears to have one in the house.
(d) He refused to allow Gerald to have a pet bear.

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

3. At what time did Donald and Max arrive at the Durrell home?
(a) Eight o'clock at night.
(b) Two o'clock in the afternoon.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Two o'clock in the morning.

4. Why did Captain Creech show up at the Durrell house?
(a) He was invited by Mother.
(b) He heard about Gerald's collection of creatures.
(c) He was invited by Theo.
(d) He was invited by Larrry.

5. What reason did Donald give for coming to see Larry?
(a) To get a decent night's sleep.
(b) To introduce him to Max.
(c) To read him the first chapter of his book.
(d) To announce he was getting married.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what room did the Countess and Gerald eat their meal?

2. Where and by who was the white owl found?

3. What sounds could be heard in the olive press?

4. What unusual feature of Mrs. Haddock's speech did Mother immediately notice?

5. How did Captain Creech injure his face?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did Gerald meet one day during one of his excursions into the crepe myrtles? What unusual creature did this person have?

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

3. When Margo, Mother, Fan and Prue took the dogs with them shopping, what happened?

4. Who was Mawake? What was unusual about Mawake?

5. How did Mother respond to meeting Mawake and Mrs. Haddock? How was this reaction unusual for Mother? What was the conclusion of the meeting?

6. What sound woke Larry in the middle of the night that caused him to wake the rest of the family? What did Gerald tell them all that explained things? What had caused the noise?

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

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

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

10. Who did Gerald and his mother find sitting on their front porch the afternoon they returned from their excursion into the olive groves? Where did this person come from and why? How did Mother get along with this new guest?

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