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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 Larry say the family needs in Part I: Prologue, The Migration?
(a) More money.
(b) Better literature.
(c) A better doctor.
(d) Sunshine.

2. How does Gerry describe the Corfu winter?
(a) Cold and dry.
(b) Warm and dry.
(c) Warm and wet.
(d) Cold and wet.

3. What does Larry liken the Durrell family's entry to?
(a) Gracious majesty of English nobels.
(b) A traveling circus of medieval tumblers.
(c) A troupe of medieval tumblers.
(d) A traveling circus.

4. What does Theodore send Gerry to assist him in his field work?
(a) A pocket microscope.
(b) A magnifying glass.
(c) A notebook and pen.
(d) A compass.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does spring mean for Leslie?

2. What does Theodore tell Gerry made the trapdoors?

3. How does George go about teaching Gerry mathematics?

4. What is Gerry's most exciting discovery?

5. In the beginning of Part I: Chapter 3, in the morning at the Strawberry-Pink Villa, where is the family eating breakfast?

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