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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. At the snow-white villa, what does Gerry get on intimate terms with?
(a) Squirrels.
(b) Mantids.
(c) Lacewings.
(d) Owls.
2. What is the name of Gerry's book that he starts writing in Part II: Chapter 10, Pageant of the Fireflies?
(a) My Adventures with Roger.
(b) Natural History of Corfu.
(c) Fauna of Corfu.
(d) Boy's Own Paper.
3. What is the name given to Gerry's boat?
(a) The Bootle-Bumtrinket.
(b) The Bootle.
(c) The Bumtrinket.
(d) The Sea Calf.
4. In the summer, what makes the island vibrate with their cries?
(a) Cicadas.
(b) Earwigs.
(c) Peasant women.
(d) Lacewings.
5. In Part II: Chapter 10, Pageant of the Fireflies, who tutors Gerry in the summer?
(a) Larry.
(b) George.
(c) Peter.
(d) Ulysses.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the most striking attribute of the Belgian consul?
2. What colors are the cyclamen that grow under the olive trees?
3. How many baby magpies does Gerry take from the nest?
4. When Gerry reaches the nest at the top of the olive tree, what do his dogs below look like?
5. What names are given to the magpies that Gerry takes from the nest?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Gerry apply psychology to get his family on board with the idea of him getting a boat for his birthday?
2. Why does Larry go snipe hunting?
3. Why was Gerry initially suspicious when his family told him his new tutor, Mr. Kralefsky, was interested in birds?
4. How does Gerry describe the Chessboard Fields?
5. In Part II: Conversation, how does Gerry describe the arrival of spring?
6. What intriguing creature did Gerry find in the crumbling wall, and why did this upset Larry?
7. At the end of Part III: Chapter 13, The Snow-White Villa, why does Theodore ponder the idea of having the toads swallow swords?
8. What battle between a gecko and mantis takes place in Gerry's room? What is the outcome?
9. Gerry's magpies, or magenpies, are from the crow tribe of birds. How do they live up to the crow tribe stereo type in the Durrell family house, especially in Larry's room?
10. What does the introduction of Dodo say about Mother's character?
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