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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Chapter 14, The Talking Flowers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gives Spiro a weak stomach?
(a) Toads.
(b) Vomit.
(c) Riding in the Sea Cow.
(d) Stews.

2. Why can Gerry hear the Rose-Beetle Man before he sees him?
(a) He plays a sheperd's pipe.
(b) The Rose-Beetle Man is singing.
(c) The rose-beetles are singing.
(d) He can hear his car in the distance.

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

4. Who are Widdle and Puke?
(a) Two magenpies Gerry receives for his birthday.
(b) Two puppies Gerry receives for his birthday.
(c) Two owls Gerry receives for his birthday.
(d) Two tortoises Gerry receives for his birthday.

5. What does Larry say the family needs in Part I: Prologue, The Migration?
(a) More money.
(b) Better literature.
(c) Sunshine.
(d) A better doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Durrell's want to leave the hotel as soon as possible?

2. What are in the two cases the customs officials are holding of the Durrells?

3. What is the first item the Rose-Beetle Man sells Gerry?

4. What is wrong with the furniture in the villa?

5. In Part II: Conversation, where does the family spend most of its time eating, sleeping, reading, and/or arguing?

(see the answer key)

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