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

2. What does Spiro not like about the man that Margo goes swimming with?
(a) He is a Turk.
(b) He does not have a job.
(c) He is a prisoner.
(d) He cuts peoples throats.

3. What names are given to the magpies that Gerry takes from the nest?
(a) Magenpies.
(b) Widdle and Puke.
(c) Dee and Dum.
(d) Achilles and Ulysses.

4. In the summer, what makes the island vibrate with their cries?
(a) Peasant women.
(b) Lacewings.
(c) Cicadas.
(d) Earwigs.

5. Why does Margo kiss the saint's feet?
(a) To lose weight.
(b) For good luck.
(c) To cure her acne.
(d) To get a boyfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event gets Margo out of the attic?

2. What illness does Larry suffer from in the English weather?

3. Who are Widdle and Puke?

4. In Part II: Conversation, where does the family spend most of its time eating, sleeping, reading, and/or arguing?

5. At the end of Part II: Chapter 8, Tortoise Hills, what does Theodore say can happen in Corfu?

(see the answer key)

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