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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 kind of people does Mother not like?
(a) Lowbrow ones.
(b) Highbrow ones.
(c) Stagnate ones.
(d) Turks.

2. How does winter come to the island of Corfu?
(a) With a howl and a shriek.
(b) Slowly and steadily.
(c) Gently.
(d) Fiercely.

3. What does Larry say the family needs in Part I: Prologue, The Migration?
(a) Sunshine.
(b) More money.
(c) A better doctor.
(d) Better literature.

4. What kind of books are on Mother's bedside table?
(a) Mysteries, cooking, and poetry books.
(b) Poetry, natural history, and dieting books.
(c) Cooking, gardening, and mystery books.
(d) Cooking, gardening, and natural history books.

5. What does Theodore tell Gerry made the trapdoors?
(a) The earwig spider.
(b) The trapdoor spider.
(c) The trapdoor earwig.
(d) The common earwig.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mother doing at the onset of Larry's attack about England's climate and the family's illnesses?

2. How many years does Spiro spend in America?

3. Aside from the sirocco, what impedes Margo's return from the island where she seeks solitude?

4. How does Gerry describe the Corfu winter?

5. How does Gerry describe the bay?

(see the answer key)

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