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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 7, The Daffodil-Yellow Villa.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is the Durrell family living at the beginning of Part II: Chapter 7?
(a) In the Snow-White Villa.
(b) In the Daffodil-Yellow Villa.
(c) In the Pension Suisse.
(d) In the Strawberry-Pink Villa.

3. What illness does Leslie suffer from in the English weather?
(a) Bleeding ears.
(b) None.
(c) Catarrh.
(d) Whooping cough.

4. When Spring came, Larry purchases a guitar and a large barrel of strong red wine. What kind of songs does he play?
(a) English melodies.
(b) Island peasant songs.
(c) Elizabethan love songs.
(d) Island folk songs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mother suggest Larry's friends stay?

2. What kind of people does Mother not like?

3. What does Theodore offer to show Gerry at tea on Thursday?

4. Who lives at the cottage?

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

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