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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) Stews.
(d) Riding in the Sea Cow.

2. What does the crumbling wall that surrounded the sunken garden provide Gerry?
(a) A rich hunting ground.
(b) An imaginary world of make-believe.
(c) A great view of the Tortoise Hills.
(d) Something to spackle.

3. Why are the sea fauna greatly attracted to the archipelago?
(a) The sea fauna is actually stuck there from low tides.
(b) The water around the archipelago is rich in minerals.
(c) The reason is never discovered.
(d) The archipelago provides the sea fauna a safe haven from predators.

4. At the end of Part II: Conversation, what proverb does Margo share about change?
(a) Change is as good as a feast.
(b) Change is necessary.
(c) Change is always painful at first, but then rewarding as a blue ribbon.
(d) Change is always present in our lives.

5. What is the first item the Rose-Beetle Man sells Gerry?
(a) A pigeon.
(b) A flute.
(c) A magpie.
(d) A tortoise.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness does Margo suffer from in the English weather?

2. In Part II: Chapter 10, Pageant of the Fireflies, who tutors Gerry in the summer?

3. What illness does Larry suffer from in the English weather?

4. What uncharacteristic thing does Larry do in Part II: Chapter 12, the Woodcock Winter?

5. Where does Theodore suggest they go in the spring to explore ditches?

(see the answer key)

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