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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Margo and Larry implore Donald and Max to be quiet?
(a) Mother was sick and sleeping.
(b) The neighbors might awaken and call the police.
(c) Gerald was asleep.
(d) Mother might awaken and call the police.

2. How did the water-spider manage to live underwater?
(a) By constructing a home atop the water.
(b) By constructing a home on the side of the container.
(c) By constructing a breathing bell at the surface.
(d) By consructing a web suspended above the water.

3. What unusual thing did Gerald learn about seahorses once the babies were born?
(a) The father ate some of the eggs during the gestation period.
(b) The father nurtured seahorse eggs in his brood-pouch.
(c) The mother carried the eggs in her brood-pouch.
(d) The eggs floated in water until they were ready to hatch.

4. What did Roger do on his excursions with Gerald to the bay?
(a) He laid in the sun napping.
(b) He caught small fish in the shallow water.
(c) He chased after hummingbirds.
(d) He swam across the bay.

5. Who was Taki Thanatos?
(a) A young man who was the narrator's Greek tutor.
(b) A young man whose father had just died.
(c) A young man who rented small boats to tourists.
(d) A young man the narrator met while exploring the bay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gerald discover about the turtle he found in the waters one day while fishing?

2. What did Gerald do with the water-spider he found on one of his solo adventures to the lake?

3. What did Gerald often see when he looked out of his window just after waking in the morning?

4. How did China-mark moths get their name?

5. What did Gerald learn from Theodore about the snails he had seen mating?

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