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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 does Gerald say living on Corfu is like?
(a) Like living in one of the more flamboyant and slapstick comic operas.
(b) Like living in the Garden of Eden.
(c) Like living in a dream.
(d) Like living with the three stooges.

2. Why does Margo kiss the saint's feet?
(a) To lose weight.
(b) To get a boyfriend.
(c) For good luck.
(d) To cure her acne.

3. Who supplies Gerald with several "dreadful puns" in the book?
(a) His wife.
(b) Larry.
(c) Dr. Theodore Stephanides.
(d) Spiro.

4. What do Gerry and George use as water-pistols in the bay?
(a) Shells.
(b) Water-pistols.
(c) Sponges.
(d) Sea slugs.

5. Where does Theodore suggest they go in the spring to explore ditches?
(a) Val de Ropa.
(b) The Corfu bay.
(c) The strawberry-pink villa.
(d) His backyard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Margo's Turkish suitor think he can do superbly?

2. Who suggests to Larry that Corfu is wonderful?

3. Gerald's mother receives a shipment of two pelicans, a scarlet ibis, a vulture, and eight monkeys. Which one gives her trouble?

4. What illness does Leslie suffer from in the English weather?

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

(see the answer key)

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