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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the story, what happened to the woman who would not sell her milk for seventeen coins?
(a) She was turned into a robin.
(b) She was turned into an owl.
(c) She was turned into a snake.
(d) She was turned into a turtle dove.

2. What did earlier naturalists call the rotifer?
(a) Wheel-barrows.
(b) Spinning spiders.
(c) Wheel-animalcules.
(d) Spinning limbs.

3. What important thing did Larry not know about donkeys that caused him great pain?
(a) Do not ever stand behind a donkey and yell.
(b) Donkeys do not have shoes on their hoofs.
(c) Donkeys do not really like carrots.
(d) Always wear boots when riding a donkey.

4. Who was Spiro?
(a) The family's first friend on the island.
(b) The family's landlord.
(c) The pilot who flew them over to Corfu.
(d) The family's relative in Corfu.

5. Where did Gerald first pay attention to donkeys on the island?
(a) At Theo's home.
(b) At the seashore town near the villa.
(c) At Katarina's wedding.
(d) At the market place.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Taki say to Gerald as he left the boat at the end of Chapter Two?

2. What did Gerald name the donkey?

3. What did Roger do on his excursions with Gerald to the bay?

4. Where was Mouse Island?

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

(see the answer key)

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