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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was "Bootle-bumtrinket?"
(a) The name of Gerald's boat.
(b) The name of one of his dogs.
(c) The name of Kokino's boat.
(d) The name of his turtle.

2. What did Gerald do with the soft parts of the turtle after the dissection?
(a) Threw them all out to sea.
(b) Buried them at the top of the hill behind the villa.
(c) Used them for bait.
(d) Gave them to Lucritia to throw away.

3. What other animal had Gerald dissected before the turtle?
(a) An octopus.
(b) A seahorse.
(c) A terrapin.
(d) A cuttlefish.

4. What did Theodore and Gerald hear as they ate lunch in the olive grove?
(a) Cows mooing in the distance.
(b) Lambs braying on the far side of the hill.
(c) Dogs barking at delivery men.
(d) Goats chewing on any foliage around them.

5. Where was Mouse Island?
(a) A day's drive down the shore.
(b) A short swim from the villa.
(c) About a quarter mile from the bay.
(d) About a mile off of Corfu.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Taki Thanatos?

2. What animal was in the middle of the olive press pulling the grindstone?

3. How did Mother describe Sven Olsen as he left her home?

4. Who was Kokino?

5. What treat did the owner of the press cook over an open flame for himself and Gerald?

(see the answer key)

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