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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. How many years does Spiro spend in America?
(a) Five.
(b) Eight.
(c) Ten.
(d) Two.

2. What is interesting about Quasimodo?
(a) She lays an egg.
(b) She eats strawberries.
(c) She sleeps in the house.
(d) She marches to music.

3. Who accompanies Margo and the Turkish boy on their date?
(a) Gerry.
(b) Spiro.
(c) Mother.
(d) Leslie.

4. Where does Spiro live, and learn English, while in America?
(a) Boston.
(b) Dallas.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Stillwater.

5. What illness does Leslie suffer from in the English weather?
(a) Bleeding ears.
(b) Catarrh.
(c) Whooping cough.
(d) None.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gerry's mother insist he explain she is a widow?

2. What does George teach Gerry about natural history?

3. What is Gerry's most exciting discovery?

4. Aside from being Greek and adoring bargaining, why does Spiro haggle so over prices for the Durrells?

5. In the beginning of Part I: Conversation, what does Larry do that upsets Mother?

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