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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. One day Mother and Gerry buy the Rose-Beetle Man's entire stock of rose-beetles, what do they do with them?
(a) Tie them to the lamps in the house.
(b) Release them into the garden.
(c) Tie them to their hats.
(d) Feed them to the frogs.

2. Where does Theodore suggest they go in the spring to explore ditches?
(a) The Corfu bay.
(b) The strawberry-pink villa.
(c) Val de Ropa.
(d) His backyard.

3. What insects does Gerry find that can change colors, like chameleons?
(a) Mantis.
(b) Crab spiders.
(c) Hornets.
(d) Rose beetles.

4. In the beginning of Part I: Chapter 3, in the morning at the Strawberry-Pink Villa, where is the family eating breakfast?
(a) In the back yard beside the pools of water lilies.
(b) In the garden underneath the small tangerine trees.
(c) In the kitchen underneath the Tiffany chandelier.
(d) In the garden beside the fragrant strawberry plants.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As a result of the matchbox incident, what happens to Gerry?

2. How do Gerry and George win points in their game in the bay?

3. What is Larry's suggestion when Mother tells him they cannot fit the number of guests he has invited in their house?

4. What does Gerry say "danced and twisted like wind-blown confetti" in the summer?

5. Under the loose plaster of the crumbing wall, what does Gerry find?

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