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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) Petting Dodo.
(c) Washing dishes.
(d) Reading a cooking book.

2. What insects does Gerry find that can change colors, like chameleons?
(a) Hornets.
(b) Crab spiders.
(c) Rose beetles.
(d) Mantis.

3. What makes Gerald's wife laugh when reading his manuscript?
(a) His family.
(b) The "dreadful puns."
(c) The magenpies.
(d) His spelling.

4. What illness does Gerry suffer from in the English weather?
(a) Ear infections.
(b) None.
(c) Catarrh.
(d) Measels.

5. What does Larry say his mother is starting to look like in Part I: Prologue, The Migration?
(a) A ray of sunshine in the gloomy climate.
(b) A widow.
(c) An Irish washerwoman.
(d) A plate of scarlet porridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are in the two cases the customs officials are holding of the Durrells?

2. What does Gerald's secretary, Sophie, eradicate from his book?

3. Why does Gerry's mother insist he explain she is a widow?

4. What is Gerry's most exciting discovery?

5. What is wrong with every villa Mr. Beeler shows the Durrells?

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