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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 10, The Pageant of Fireflies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who teaches Gerry some of the most beautiful and haunting peasant songs?
(a) Agathi.
(b) George.
(c) The Rose-Beetle Man.
(d) Spiro.

2. In Part II: Chapter 10, Pageant of the Fireflies, who tutors Gerry in the summer?
(a) Larry.
(b) Ulysses.
(c) George.
(d) Peter.

3. How does Gerry describe his mother at the beginning of Part I: Chapter 1, The Unsuspected Isle?
(a) "Like a Greek godess, trailing muslin and scent."
(b) "Like a weary traveler, no worse for the wear."
(c) "Like a prim and proper English woman, dressed for tea."
(d) "Like a tiny, harassed missionary in an uprising."

4. When Spring came, Larry purchases a guitar and a large barrel of strong red wine. What kind of songs does he play?
(a) Elizabethan love songs.
(b) English melodies.
(c) Island folk songs.
(d) Island peasant songs.

5. How does Gerry describe the Corfu winter?
(a) Warm and dry.
(b) Cold and wet.
(c) Warm and wet.
(d) Cold and dry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first item the Rose-Beetle Man sells Gerry?

2. Who lives at the cottage?

3. What kind of transportation do the Durrell's use to get to town?

4. What is wrong with every villa Mr. Beeler shows the Durrells?

5. Where does Theodore suggest they go in the spring to explore ditches?

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