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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Chapter 13, The Snow-White Villa.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What about the tortoises does Gerry find very interesting?
(a) Their shells.
(b) Their leathered skin.
(c) Their food choices.
(d) Their mating ritual.

2. In the beginning of Part I: Chapter 4, what does Gerry's Mother decide for him?
(a) It is time for him to take dancing lessons.
(b) It is time for him to study literature.
(c) It is time for him to join the Merchant Navy.
(d) It is time for him to have some sort of education.

3. What gives Spiro a weak stomach?
(a) Vomit.
(b) Toads.
(c) Riding in the Sea Cow.
(d) Stews.

4. What does George teach Gerry about natural history?
(a) How to observe and write notes in a diary.
(b) How to apply mathematics to natural history.
(c) How to not frighten the big tortoise.
(d) The mating cycle of the earwig.

5. What does Roger do during Gerry's lessons?
(a) Roams the countryside.
(b) Chases butterflies.
(c) Dances in the drawing room.
(d) Sleeps under the table.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the family decide will teach Gerry?

2. At the end of Part II: Chapter 8, Tortoise Hills, what does Theodore say can happen in Corfu?

3. Where is Quasimodo during Gerry's lessons?

4. Why is the snow-white villa given its name?

5. What does George do while waiting for Gerry to solve a math problem?

(see the answer key)

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