View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Chapter 4, A Bushel of Learning.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What illness does Larry suffer from in the English weather?
(a) Catarrh.
(b) Acne.
(c) None.
(d) Flu.

2. Gerald's mother receives a shipment of two pelicans, a scarlet ibis, a vulture, and eight monkeys. Which one gives her trouble?
(a) One of the pelicans.
(b) The scarlet ibis.
(c) The vulture.
(d) One of the monkeys.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suggests to Larry that Corfu is wonderful?

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

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

4. Who is the most weird and fascinating character Gerry meets on his explorations?

5. When Larry goes to light a cigarette, what flies out of the box?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 212 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample