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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the baby hedgehogs live?
(a) In a cardboard box under Gerald's bed.
(b) In a cardboard box in the attic.
(c) In a cardboard box on Gerald's balnket.
(d) In a cardboard box on the veranda.

2. What did Gerald learn from Theodore about the snails he had seen mating?
(a) The snails were from different species.
(b) The snails were both male and female.
(c) The snails were not indigious of the region.
(d) The snails were not actually mating.

3. What did Fan and Prue explain to Mother and Gerald they were breeding for profit?
(a) Bedlington puppies.
(b) Dalmation puppies.
(c) Collie puppies.
(d) Daschund puppies.

4. What did Larry and Gerald learn about snail eggs?
(a) They are pushed under a short bush and left there.
(b) They are buried in sand and the female sits on the eggs.
(c) They are buried in the damp earth and left there.
(d) They are buried in dry sand and left there.

5. The day before his birthday, what did Gerald notice about his family?
(a) They were all in bad moods.
(b) They are all making fun of him.
(c) They were all ignoring him.
(d) They were all behaving in a more eccentric manner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mother go into the kitchen to make for Captain Creech to have with tea?

2. Who found the baby hedgehogs and called for Gerald to come see them?

3. Where did Mother and Gerald stay when they arrived to see Margo?

4. Who are Fan and Prudence?

5. What unusual feature of Mrs. Haddock's speech did Mother immediately notice?

(see the answer key)

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