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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 12, The Woodcock Winter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does George teach Gerry about natural history?
(a) How to observe and write notes in a diary.
(b) How to apply mathematics to natural history.
(c) The mating cycle of the earwig.
(d) How to not frighten the big tortoise.

2. What uncharacteristic thing does Larry do in Part II: Chapter 12, the Woodcock Winter?
(a) Take dancing lessons.
(b) Help Mother in the kitchen.
(c) Go hunting.
(d) Go on a diet.

3. When Larry goes to light a cigarette, what flies out of the box?
(a) A fire-fly.
(b) A grashopper.
(c) A mantis.
(d) A bumble-bee.

4. What does Gerry say "danced and twisted like wind-blown confetti" in the summer?
(a) Olive leaves.
(b) Lacewings.
(c) Cicadas.
(d) Butterflies.

5. What is the original intent of Gerald Durrell for this book?
(a) Account of his family.
(b) Account of the natural history on the island of Corfu.
(c) Account of the interesting people on the island of Corfu.
(d) Account of the birds on the island of Corfu.

Short Answer Questions

1. After their swim in Chapter 5, where do Gerry and Roger go for a snack?

2. What is Gerry's most exciting discovery?

3. Larry becomes overweight in the spring. Which of the following is one of Margo's suggested diets?

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

5. When Spring came, Larry purchases a guitar and a large barrel of strong red wine. What kind of songs does he play?

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