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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 does George find helpful in teaching Gerry?
(a) Relating everything to caterpillars.
(b) Relating everything to birds.
(c) Placing a sprig of zoology into every subject.
(d) Never leaving the house for an exploration of nature.

2. How do Gerry and George win points in their game in the bay?
(a) By applying mathematic applications to the sea fauna.
(b) By squirting the sea-slug the farthest.
(c) By discovering the most sea fauna.
(d) By finding the most sea-slugs.

3. Where does Geronimo live?
(a) In Mother's room.
(b) With Spiro.
(c) In the zinna bed.
(d) In the snow-white villa.

4. What size of tortoise are on the hill?
(a) Teacup sized ones only.
(b) Big ones and little ones.
(c) Medium sized ones.
(d) Large ones only.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the olive groves echo with?

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

4. What does Gerry take, for his collection, from one of the tortoises?

5. What about the tortoises does Gerry find very interesting?

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