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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Greek name for Mouse Island?
(a) Philemon.
(b) Ponderosa.
(c) Pondikonissi.
(d) Predsittki.

2. What fish did Taki and Gerald see lying on the shore during their fishing trip?
(a) A snapper.
(b) A scorpios.
(c) A grupper.
(d) A trout.

3. What is the time of the year in the beginning of the story when the Darrell family members are meeting?
(a) The spring.
(b) The summer.
(c) The winter.
(d) The fall.

4. Why was Gerald interested in the villa's garden?
(a) It was planted with parrellel rows of flowers.
(b) It was overrun with vegetation and full of insects.
(c) It was perfectly groomed and filled with flowers.
(d) It was a barren plot of land waiting to be planted.

5. What color was the villa into which the Darrell family moved on Corfu?
(a) Crushed-strawberry pink with green shutters.
(b) Avacado green with yellow shutters.
(c) Alligator green with orange shutters.
(d) Navel-orange with green shutters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gerald bring with him to go fishing with Taki?

2. About what book did the Darrell family begin speaking during their meeting?

3. Where is Corfu?

4. Which creature was most interesting to the narrator when he first settles into his new residence?

5. How did Taki catch the fish he found lying on the shore?

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