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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Quasimodo during Gerry's lessons?
(a) Sitting in Gerry's lap.
(b) Sitting on the table.
(c) Marching to music.
(d) Flying around the room.

2. Why does Yani never sleep in the hills?
(a) Because his goats would get away.
(b) Because a scorpion stung a fellow shepherd in the ear and killed him.
(c) Because the cypress trees will steal his brains.
(d) Because Aphrodite told him not to.

3. Who, out of the Durrell family, does Spiro adore the most?
(a) Mother.
(b) Roger.
(c) Gerry.
(d) Larry.

4. After their swim in Chapter 5, where do Gerry and Roger go for a snack?
(a) Home.
(b) Leonora's house.
(c) Yani's house.
(d) Spiro's Diner.

5. What kind of transportation do the Durrell's use to get to town?
(a) Two horse-drawn cabs.
(b) One stretch limo.
(c) Two taxi cabs.
(d) Spiro picked them up in his Suburban.

6. Why does Margo kiss the saint's feet?
(a) To get a boyfriend.
(b) To cure her acne.
(c) For good luck.
(d) To lose weight.

7. Where is the Island of Corfu located?
(a) England.
(b) Vido.
(c) Val de Ropa.
(d) Greece.

8. What does Gerald say living on Corfu is like?
(a) Like living in one of the more flamboyant and slapstick comic operas.
(b) Like living in a dream.
(c) Like living in the Garden of Eden.
(d) Like living with the three stooges.

9. How is the August weather in England described?
(a) A biting wind and cold temperatures.
(b) A biting wind and stinging drizzle.
(c) Sunny skies and gentle breezes.
(d) A stinging drizzle and freezing temperatures.

10. Why do the Durrell's want to leave the hotel as soon as possible?
(a) It is a dusty hotel.
(b) The state of the lavatory.
(c) They want to settle down soon.
(d) The food is awful.

11. What does Theodore send Gerry to assist him in his field work?
(a) A magnifying glass.
(b) A notebook and pen.
(c) A compass.
(d) A pocket microscope.

12. What does Spiro not like about the man that Margo goes swimming with?
(a) He cuts peoples throats.
(b) He is a prisoner.
(c) He is a Turk.
(d) He does not have a job.

13. Who suggests to Larry that Corfu is wonderful?
(a) Gerry.
(b) Leslie.
(c) Spiro.
(d) His friend George.

14. Who rescues the Durrells from the Greek cab drivers?
(a) Spiro.
(b) Roger.
(c) The British Consul.
(d) George.

15. Who supplies Gerald with several "dreadful puns" in the book?
(a) Spiro.
(b) Dr. Theodore Stephanides.
(c) Larry.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first item the Rose-Beetle Man sells Gerry?

2. Zatopec is one of the first of Larry's guests to arrive for a visit, what is his occupation?

3. Where does the Durrell family stay their first night on Corfu?

4. What kind of books are on Mother's bedside table?

5. What is interesting about Quasimodo?

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