View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Chapter 2, The Strawberry-Pink Villa.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mother doing at the onset of Larry's attack about England's climate and the family's illnesses?
(a) Reading a gardening book.
(b) Reading a cooking book.
(c) Washing dishes.
(d) Petting Dodo.

2. Where does Gerry settle into and spend his days at the villa?
(a) In the bay.
(b) In the olive groves.
(c) In the grape vines.
(d) In the garden.

3. What are in the two cases the customs officials are holding of the Durrells?
(a) Leslie's gun books.
(b) Bed linens.
(c) Spices.
(d) Mother's recipe books.

4. Aside from being Greek and adoring bargaining, why does Spiro haggle so over prices for the Durrells?
(a) He does not want them to get swindled.
(b) He is subsidizing them until their money arrives.
(c) Everything in Greece is overpriced.
(d) He has to keep up his reputation as Spiro the Great.

5. Why does Spiro take complete control the the Durrell's affairs?
(a) To swindle them.
(b) He needs the money.
(c) He loves the English.
(d) To make sure they are not swindled.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where does Spiro live, and learn English, while in America?

4. Gerry brings four books on natural history, a butterfly net, a dog, and ______ to Corfu.

5. What does Gerald say living on Corfu is like?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 271 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample