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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Ten, Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Max doing in the kitchen when Margo walked in?
(a) Going through the kitchen drawers.
(b) Setting fire to a five pound note.
(c) Making a pot of coffee.
(d) Climbing out of the kitchen window.

2. Which creature was most interesting to the narrator when he first settles into his new residence?
(a) The dung beetle.
(b) The carpenter bees.
(c) The hawk moth.
(d) The hummingbird.

3. Who found the baby hedgehogs and called for Gerald to come see them?
(a) A friend of Larry's.
(b) The next door neighbor.
(c) An old woman working in a nearby field.
(d) A friend of the family's.

4. What new health problem beset Margo after Leslie's court case?
(a) She becomes very depressed.
(b) Her hair begins to fall out.
(c) She begins to lose weight.
(d) She begins to gain weight.

5. While Roger and Gerald were watching a red fox cub, what did they see the cub find?
(a) A rat.
(b) A hedgehog.
(c) A snake.
(d) A tortoise.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the way home from the villa, what song did Sven play on his accordion?

2. What did the Countess give Gerald as he was leaving should he get hungry on the way home?

3. In his letter to his mother, where was Leslie as war threatens to break out?

4. Which family member bought a book about nature for Gerald as a gift?

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

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