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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Chapter 6, The Sweet Spring.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does George find helpful in teaching Gerry?
(a) Relating everything to caterpillars.
(b) Placing a sprig of zoology into every subject.
(c) Relating everything to birds.
(d) Never leaving the house for an exploration of nature.

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

3. What is wrong with every villa Mr. Beeler shows the Durrells?
(a) They are infested with crickets.
(b) Not one has a bathroom.
(c) Not one has a balcony.
(d) They are not close enough to the sea.

4. Who is the goat shepherd who tells Gerry the tale of the cypress tree?
(a) Yani.
(b) The Rose-Beetle Man.
(c) Spiro.
(d) Agathi.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Gerry find at George's home when he goes to ask him about the trapdoor?

2. What is Gerry's most exciting discovery?

3. Why does Spiro take complete control the the Durrell's affairs?

4. How is Spiro known by the people on the island?

5. Why can Gerry hear the Rose-Beetle Man before he sees him?

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