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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. Where does Spiro live, and learn English, while in America?
(a) Boston.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Stillwater.
(d) Dallas.

2. Where is the Island of Corfu located?
(a) Val de Ropa.
(b) Greece.
(c) Vido.
(d) England.

3. How does Gerry describe the bay?
(a) "Choppy as a chicken salad."
(b) "Lots of white caps on a sea of blue."
(c) "Smooth as a plate, smouldering with that unbelievable blue."
(d) "Smooth as a plate and emerald green."

4. Who does the family decide will teach Gerry?
(a) Yani.
(b) Spiro.
(c) Larry.
(d) George.

5. Why can Gerry hear the Rose-Beetle Man before he sees him?
(a) The rose-beetles are singing.
(b) He can hear his car in the distance.
(c) The Rose-Beetle Man is singing.
(d) He plays a sheperd's pipe.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does George go about teaching Gerry mathematics?

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

3. What does Larry say his mother is starting to look like in Part I: Prologue, The Migration?

4. Where does Gerry settle into and spend his days at the villa?

5. What illness does Margo suffer from in the English weather?

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