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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 is wrong with the furniture in the villa?
(a) It is uncomfortable.
(b) It is Victorian, the wrong style.
(c) It is twenty years old and falling apart.
(d) The family does not like the color scheme.

2. Who does Gerry find at George's home when he goes to ask him about the trapdoor?
(a) Agathi.
(b) Doctor Theodore Stephanides.
(c) Spiro.
(d) Taki.

3. What are in the two cases the customs officials are holding of the Durrells?
(a) Mother's recipe books.
(b) Spices.
(c) Bed linens.
(d) Leslie's gun books.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Roger do during Gerry's lessons?

2. What does Roger do with the pebbles Gerry found in the sand?

3. How does George go about teaching Gerry mathematics?

4. What is the original intent of Gerald Durrell for this book?

5. How many years does Spiro spend in America?

(see the answer key)

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