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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the Durrell family planning to move in Part II: Conversation?
(a) To another island in Greece.
(b) To England.
(c) To a smaller villa.
(d) To a bigger villa.

2. What does Kralefsky's mother think about flowers?
(a) They smell beautiful.
(b) That they can talk.
(c) That birds prefer daisies.
(d) They are wonderful to work with.

3. Aside from the sirocco, what impedes Margo's return from the island where she seeks solitude?
(a) The Sea Cow.
(b) Peter.
(c) The dogs barking.
(d) Her puffy sunburned eyelids.

4. At the end of Part II: Conversation, what proverb does Margo share about change?
(a) Change is always present in our lives.
(b) Change is as good as a feast.
(c) Change is necessary.
(d) Change is always painful at first, but then rewarding as a blue ribbon.

5. How many guest RSVP to Gerry's birthday party?
(a) Two.
(b) Ten.
(c) Forty-six.
(d) Fifty.

6. What riveting news does Mother receive in a letter from Great Aunt Hermione?
(a) Henry passed away.
(b) That she wants to come and stay.
(c) That Aunt Mabel moved to Sussex.
(d) Henry broke his leg.

7. What is wrong with Theodore's friend's house when another floor is added?
(a) There are no stairs.
(b) They use poor materials.
(c) The windows will not open.
(d) They do not have zoning permits.

8. What is the one thing that Roger, Widdle, and Puke find interesting about Dodo?
(a) She can catch her tail.
(b) She can jump high.
(c) She can sneak treats for them.
(d) She comes into season regularly.

9. What illuminates the family's nighttime picnic at the bay?
(a) Lanterns and a fire.
(b) Fireflies and phosphorus.
(c) Phosphorus and cigarettes.
(d) Fireflies and lanterns.

10. Who does Gerry ask to build him a boat so he can visit the archipelago?
(a) Peter.
(b) Spiro.
(c) Leslie.
(d) Larry.

11. Where does Geronimo live?
(a) In the snow-white villa.
(b) In the zinna bed.
(c) With Spiro.
(d) In Mother's room.

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

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

14. When Gerry reaches the nest at the top of the olive tree, what do his dogs below look like?
(a) As small as a toad.
(b) They look like their regular size.
(c) The size of pimpernel flowers.
(d) The size of ants.

15. In Part II: Conversation, where does the family spend most of its time eating, sleeping, reading, and/or arguing?
(a) The olive groves.
(b) The veranda.
(c) The bay.
(d) The garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose room do the magpies that Gerry takes from the nest disrupt?

2. What does Larry find in the matchbox when he wants to light his cigarette?

3. While squirrel hunting, what does Gerry find instead?

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

5. How does Kralefsky end up with two broken ribs?

(see the answer keys)

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