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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was one of the unusual things Gerald knew about the water-spider?
(a) The female eats the male.
(b) The female is twice as large as the male.
(c) The male is twice as large as the female.
(d) The male carries the eggs.

3. What are elvers?
(a) Snails.
(b) Baby eels.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Baby birds.

4. What did Larry and Gerald learn about snail eggs?
(a) They are buried in sand and the female sits on the eggs.
(b) They are buried in the damp earth and left there.
(c) They are pushed under a short bush and left there.
(d) They are buried in dry sand and left there.

5. What did Theodore give Gerald for his birthday?
(a) A birthday cake.
(b) A box of glass bottles.
(c) A collecting box just like Theodore's.
(d) A net and new string.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Theodore suggest he and Gerald go after their picnic lunch?

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

4. Where was Gerald's study?

5. What color was the villa into which the Darrell family moved on Corfu?

(see the answer key)

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