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

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

3. Gerry brings four books on natural history, a butterfly net, a dog, and ______ to Corfu.
(a) A microscope
(b) A jam jar full of caterpillars
(c) A pelican
(d) Two magpies

4. Who teaches Gerry some of the most beautiful and haunting peasant songs?
(a) Spiro.
(b) George.
(c) Agathi.
(d) The Rose-Beetle Man.

5. How many species of cyclops are found on Corfu?
(a) Several.
(b) Two.
(c) Twenty.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of books are on Mother's bedside table?

2. What do the olive groves echo with?

3. What is wrong with the furniture in the villa?

4. While still on the boat, approaching Corfu, what does Gerry hear?

5. What illness does Gerry suffer from in the English weather?

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