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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Chapter 15, The Cyclamen Woods.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kralefsky consider to be "the ticket"?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Birds.
(c) Natural history.
(d) Women.

2. In Part II: Conversation, where does the family spend most of its time eating, sleeping, reading, and/or arguing?
(a) The veranda.
(b) The olive groves.
(c) The bay.
(d) The garden.

3. Where does the Durrell family stay their first night on Corfu?
(a) La Masion.
(b) The strawberry-pink villa.
(c) Pension Suisse.
(d) Spiro's home.

4. What kind of hat does Theodore wear?
(a) A cowboy hat.
(b) A Homburg.
(c) A beret.
(d) A derby.

5. Who names Gerry's pigeon?
(a) Mother.
(b) Quasimodo.
(c) Larry.
(d) Margo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the most weird and fascinating character Gerry meets on his explorations?

2. What is Gerry's most exciting discovery?

3. At the end of Part II: Conversation, what proverb does Margo share about change?

4. Who goes turtledove hunting with Leslie?

5. How many species of cyclops are found on Corfu?

(see the answer key)

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