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

2. How many years does Spiro spend in America?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Eight.
(d) Ten.

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

4. Where does the Durrell family stay their first night on Corfu?
(a) Pension Suisse.
(b) The strawberry-pink villa.
(c) Spiro's home.
(d) La Masion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Larry blame for his siblings being selfish?

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

3. Where does Theodore suggest they go in the spring to explore ditches?

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

5. In the beginning of Part I: Chapter 4, what does Gerry's Mother decide for him?

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