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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 illness does Margo suffer from in the English weather?
(a) Flu.
(b) Acne.
(c) None.
(d) Catarrh.
2. What is Larry's suggestion when Mother tells him they cannot fit the number of guests he has invited in their house?
(a) Send Margo, Leslie, and Gerry away for the summer.
(b) Build a cottage on their property.
(c) Move to a bigger villa.
(d) Add on a guest room to the villa.
3. Who teaches Gerry some of the most beautiful and haunting peasant songs?
(a) George.
(b) The Rose-Beetle Man.
(c) Spiro.
(d) Agathi.
4. What does Gerry take, for his collection, from one of the tortoises?
(a) One of her eggs.
(b) His shell.
(c) One of his eggs.
(d) A piece of his shell.
5. Where is the Island of Corfu located?
(a) Vido.
(b) Val de Ropa.
(c) Greece.
(d) England.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does spring mean for Leslie?
2. Aside from being Greek and adoring bargaining, why does Spiro haggle so over prices for the Durrells?
3. What makes Gerald's wife laugh when reading his manuscript?
4. Where does the Durrell family stay their first night on Corfu?
5. When Larry goes to light a cigarette, what flies out of the box?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Theodore's opinion about life on Mars?
2. What mishap occurred, in front of the Greek King, at the stage show of Battle of Thermopylae?
3. How did Gerry and Mother's opinions regarding the pace for eating breakfast differ?
4. Why does Gerry have difficulties with mathematical problems?
5. How do the islanders see Spiro?
6. Why is the Rose-Beetle Man described as one of the most weird and fascinating characters Gerry met?
7. What was Larry's attitude upon reaching the island of Corfu?
8. How did Gerry compress five years into one book?
9. How does Gerry describe his first glimpse and sounds of Corfu and its waters?
10. Why was Thursday tea with Theodore an appointment Gerry would not have missed for anything?
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