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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 every villa Mr. Beeler shows the Durrells?
(a) They are infested with crickets.
(b) They are not close enough to the sea.
(c) Not one has a balcony.
(d) Not one has a bathroom.

2. Who does Gerry ask to build him a boat so he can visit the archipelago?
(a) Leslie.
(b) Spiro.
(c) Larry.
(d) Peter.

3. What illuminates the family's nighttime picnic at the bay?
(a) Fireflies and lanterns.
(b) Lanterns and a fire.
(c) Fireflies and phosphorus.
(d) Phosphorus and cigarettes.

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

5. Who explores the countryside with Gerry?
(a) Widdle and Puke.
(b) No one, he went alone.
(c) Leslie.
(d) Roger.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years does Spiro spend in America?

2. What wakes Yani up from his siesta in Chapter 5?

3. How does winter come to the island of Corfu?

4. Who rescues the Durrells from the Greek cab drivers?

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

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