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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Chapter 17, The Chessboard Fields.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Gerry and Kralefsky go to the top of his house?
(a) To feel the warm sunshine.
(b) To see which way the wind was blowing.
(c) To feed the birds.
(d) To give the birds water.

2. Who goes turtledove hunting with Leslie?
(a) Gerry.
(b) Spiro.
(c) Larry.
(d) The Turkish boy.

3. What does Mother name her Dandy Dinmont?
(a) Dandy.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Dodo.
(d) Dinmont.

4. What does Gerry liken Spiro to as he looks over and takes care of the family?
(a) Saint Assisi.
(b) A guardian angel.
(c) A watchdog.
(d) An ugly angel.

5. Whose room do the magpies that Gerry takes from the nest disrupt?
(a) Larry's.
(b) Roger's.
(c) Gerry's.
(d) Margo's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What hobby does Margo take up after settling into the villa?

2. What does Gerry name the gecko that takes up residence in his bedroom?

3. What disturbs Larry's writing on the second morning in the villa?

4. How is Spiro known by the people on the island?

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

(see the answer key)

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