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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason was Gerald given for his mother wanting a bamboo house?
(a) She could store the yard equipment.
(b) She could sleep in it on cool nights.
(c) She could store the extra luggage in it.
(d) She could keep plants or store sweet potatoes.

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

3. What was Fan talking about when the group returned to their hotel rooms after the seance?
(a) The puppies.
(b) The food.
(c) The seance.
(d) The weather.

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 dry sand and left there.
(d) They are buried in the damp earth and left there.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the narrator's family members meeting as the story opens?

2. What name does the Countess tell Gerald to call her during their visit?

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

4. What did Fan and Prue explain to Mother and Gerald they were breeding for profit?

5. What song were Donald and Max singing as they approached the Durrell home?

(see the answer key)

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