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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where was Gerald's study?
(a) In the solarium.
(b) In a bedroom attached to his room.
(c) In the bathroom attached to his room.
(d) In the attic.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the story, what happened to the woman who would not sell her milk for seventeen coins?

2. What did Gerald witness when he arrived at Katarina's house in Chapter Three?

3. What did Theodore and Gerald snack on after their day of exploration in Chapter Four?

4. What was one of the unusual things Gerald knew about the water-spider?

5. What did Theodore and Gerald hear as they ate lunch in the olive grove?

(see the answer key)

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