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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. What special day is it when Spiro drives Gerry, Mother, and Margo to town to buy furniture?
(a) Saint Spiridon Day.
(b) Valentine's Day.
(c) Saint Assisi Day.
(d) Saturday.

2. What does Larry liken the Durrell family's entry to?
(a) A troupe of medieval tumblers.
(b) Gracious majesty of English nobels.
(c) A traveling circus.
(d) A traveling circus of medieval tumblers.

3. What is wrong with the furniture in the villa?
(a) It is twenty years old and falling apart.
(b) It is Victorian, the wrong style.
(c) It is uncomfortable.
(d) The family does not like the color scheme.

4. What is the name of Gerry's book that he starts writing in Part II: Chapter 10, Pageant of the Fireflies?
(a) My Adventures with Roger.
(b) Boy's Own Paper.
(c) Natural History of Corfu.
(d) Fauna of Corfu.

5. Who is the goat shepherd who tells Gerry the tale of the cypress tree?
(a) Agathi.
(b) Spiro.
(c) Yani.
(d) The Rose-Beetle Man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who names Gerry's pigeon?

2. What does Gerry say "danced and twisted like wind-blown confetti" in the summer?

3. What does Margo's Turkish suitor think he can do superbly?

4. How does Gerry describe his mother at the beginning of Part I: Chapter 1, The Unsuspected Isle?

5. Where is the Durrell family living at the beginning of Part II: Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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