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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time did Taki usually begin fishing?
(a) About five in the afternoon.
(b) About four in the morning.
(c) About ten o'clock at night.
(d) About noon.

2. What did the Countess and Demetrios serve for the main course of the meal?
(a) Ostrich.
(b) Wild boar.
(c) Escargo.
(d) Shrimp scampi.

3. When did Gerald and his family move to a new villa?
(a) In the winter.
(b) In the fall.
(c) In the summer.
(d) In the spring.

4. Where was Margo when Mother and Gerald arrived to see her?
(a) At a spiritualist meeting.
(b) At a revivalist meeting.
(c) At a Weight Watchers meeting.
(d) At the grocery store.

5. In what room did the Countess and Gerald eat their meal?
(a) In the library.
(b) In the formal dining hall.
(c) On the sunporch.
(d) In the kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Fan and Prudence?

2. Why did Margo and Larry implore Donald and Max to be quiet?

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

4. What kind of trees lined the path to Countess Mavrodaki's villa?

5. What important thing did Larry not know about donkeys that caused him great pain?

(see the answer key)

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