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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. How does Gerry describe the bay?
(a) "Choppy as a chicken salad."
(b) "Lots of white caps on a sea of blue."
(c) "Smooth as a plate, smouldering with that unbelievable blue."
(d) "Smooth as a plate and emerald green."

2. While still on the boat, approaching Corfu, what does Gerry hear?
(a) Church bells.
(b) The ships engines.
(c) Gulls.
(d) Cicadas.

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

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

5. After their swim in Chapter 5, where do Gerry and Roger go for a snack?
(a) Yani's house.
(b) Leonora's house.
(c) Home.
(d) Spiro's Diner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, out of the Durrell family, does Spiro adore the most?

2. What is the villa called that Spiro shows the family in Part I: Chapter 1, The Unsuspected Isle?

3. What is the name given to Gerry's boat?

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

5. Why do Gerry and Kralefsky go to the top of his house?

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