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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. Why does Gerry's mother insist he explain she is a widow?
(a) She wants men to know she is available.
(b) She wants the reader's sympathy.
(c) She wants her story told accurately.
(d) She does not want people to think ill of her.

2. What wakes Yani up from his siesta in Chapter 5?
(a) Roger chasing a cat.
(b) Gerry shaking him.
(c) Gerry willing him awake.
(d) Gerry throwing stones.

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

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

5. How old is Gerry when the family moves to Corfu?
(a) Two.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Five.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Larry liken the Durrell family's entry to?

2. Why can Gerry hear the Rose-Beetle Man before he sees him?

3. In Part II: Chapter 11, The Enchanted Archipelago, what addition is made to the Sea Cow?

4. What size of tortoise are on the hill?

5. Aside from the sirocco, what impedes Margo's return from the island where she seeks solitude?

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