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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Chapter 5, A Treasure of Spiders.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What illness does Leslie suffer from in the English weather?
(a) Whooping cough.
(b) Catarrh.
(c) Bleeding ears.
(d) None.

2. Who suggests to Larry that Corfu is wonderful?
(a) Leslie.
(b) Gerry.
(c) Spiro.
(d) His friend George.

3. Who explores the countryside with Gerry?
(a) Leslie.
(b) Roger.
(c) Widdle and Puke.
(d) No one, he went alone.

4. What disturbs Larry's writing on the second morning in the villa?
(a) A donkey braying.
(b) Gerry's magenpies.
(c) Bees buzzing.
(d) Lawnmowers cutting grass.

5. What wakes Yani up from his siesta in Chapter 5?
(a) Roger chasing a cat.
(b) Gerry willing him awake.
(c) Gerry throwing stones.
(d) Gerry shaking him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are in the two cases the customs officials are holding of the Durrells?

3. Who does Larry blame for his siblings being selfish?

4. Who does Gerry find at George's home when he goes to ask him about the trapdoor?

5. Where does the Durrell family stay their first night on Corfu?

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