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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 does Roger do with the pebbles Gerry found in the sand?
(a) Buries them in the sand.
(b) Eats them.
(c) Barks at them.
(d) Drops them back into the water.

2. What does George find helpful in teaching Gerry?
(a) Placing a sprig of zoology into every subject.
(b) Relating everything to caterpillars.
(c) Relating everything to birds.
(d) Never leaving the house for an exploration of nature.

3. Where does Gerry settle into and spend his days at the villa?
(a) In the olive groves.
(b) In the garden.
(c) In the grape vines.
(d) In the bay.

4. Who is the goat shepherd who tells Gerry the tale of the cypress tree?
(a) Yani.
(b) The Rose-Beetle Man.
(c) Agathi.
(d) Spiro.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Gerry liken Spiro to as he looks over and takes care of the family?

3. Gerry brings four books on natural history, a butterfly net, a dog, and ______ to Corfu.

4. Where is Quasimodo during Gerry's lessons?

5. Larry becomes overweight in the spring. Which of the following is one of Margo's suggested diets?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the spring, what is the first amazing event Gerry witnesses on Tortoise Hill?

2. Why is the Rose-Beetle Man described as one of the most weird and fascinating characters Gerry met?

3. How does Gerry describe the weather in England during August?

4. Why is Mother concerned about Larry's friends being highbrow?

5. How does it come about that George becomes Gerry's tutor?

6. How are the trapdoor spiders and Dr. Theodore Stephanides two significant finds for Gerry?

7. In the garden, Gerry finds an earwig's nest, and posts a sign for passers by to beware and keep quiet. What words were spelled correctly on the sign, and why is that significant to his character?

8. How does Gerry describe the Daffodil-Yellow Villa?

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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