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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 advice did Prudence give Mother about Margo's behavior?
(a) She suggested Mother send Margo to a boarding school.
(b) She suggested Mother come right away and talk to Margo.
(c) She suggested Mother bring Margo back to Corfu.
(d) She suggested Mother talk to Dr. Androichelli again.

2. In what month did the Darrell family arrive in Corfu?
(a) In August.
(b) In October.
(c) In January.
(d) In June.

3. When was the grape harvest on Corfu?
(a) At the very end of spring.
(b) At the beginning of summer.
(c) In the middle of summer.
(d) At the very end of summer.

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

5. What did Theodore explain the peasants say about the sound of the fermenting wine barrels?
(a) It sounded like thunder before a storm.
(b) It sounded like a drowning man.
(c) It sounded like a donkey in pain.
(d) It sounded like a cow in labor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the doctor in Corfu recommend to treat Margo's health problems?

2. What did Gerald do with the soft parts of the turtle after the dissection?

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

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

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

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