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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Corfu?
(a) Off the coast of Athens.
(b) North of Spain.
(c) Off the Albanian and Greek coastlines.
(d) In the Pacific Ocean.

2. How did Mother describe Sven Olsen as he left her home?
(a) As a "well read scholar."
(b) As a "snobbish performer."
(c) As a "manly man."
(d) As a "peculiar sort."

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

4. What was the narrator's name in Greek?
(a) Gerrund.
(b) Gerasimos.
(c) Gervaise.
(d) Geraldo.

5. What did Gerald bring with him to go fishing with Taki?
(a) His net, a long piece of bamboo, eight glass jars, and small boxes.
(b) A snack, a net, and a snorkel.
(c) HIs glass jars, small boxes and a snack.
(d) A tackle box and a fishing pole.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time did Gerald get home after his fishing trip with Taki?

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

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

4. What request did Theodore make of Sven Olsen before Sven left the house?

5. What was the second catch of the fishing expedition for Taki?

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