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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 Roger do during Gerry's lessons?
(a) Chases butterflies.
(b) Dances in the drawing room.
(c) Roams the countryside.
(d) Sleeps under the table.

2. After their swim in Chapter 5, where do Gerry and Roger go for a snack?
(a) Spiro's Diner.
(b) Home.
(c) Leonora's house.
(d) Yani's house.

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

4. 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.

5. While squirrel hunting, what does Gerry find instead?
(a) A baby racoon.
(b) A baby owl.
(c) A baby bat.
(d) A large tortoise.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the crumbling wall that surrounded the sunken garden provide Gerry?

2. How does Gerry describe the bay?

3. What special day is it when Spiro drives Gerry, Mother, and Margo to town to buy furniture?

4. What event occurs at the end of Part II: Chapter 12, the Woodcock Winter that causes the family great distress?

5. What kind of hat does Theodore wear?

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