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

2. What kind of transportation do the Durrell's use to get to town?
(a) Two horse-drawn cabs.
(b) Two taxi cabs.
(c) Spiro picked them up in his Suburban.
(d) One stretch limo.

3. Who suggests to Larry that Corfu is wonderful?
(a) Gerry.
(b) Leslie.
(c) Spiro.
(d) His friend George.

4. Who does Larry decide to attack about England's climate and the family's illnesses?
(a) Margo.
(b) God.
(c) Leslie.
(d) Mother.

5. What does Gerald's secretary, Sophie, eradicate from his book?
(a) Dreadful puns.
(b) Split infinitives.
(c) Commas.
(d) Misspellings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Durrell children not know the age of their mother?

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

3. What illness does Gerry suffer from in the English weather?

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

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

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