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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. What does Larry find in the matchbox when he wants to light his cigarette?
(a) Baby scorpions.
(b) A female scorpion.
(c) An earwig.
(d) A female scorpion and her babies.

2. What special day is it when Spiro drives Gerry, Mother, and Margo to town to buy furniture?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Saint Assisi Day.
(c) Valentine's Day.
(d) Saint Spiridon Day.

3. In the summer, what makes the island vibrate with their cries?
(a) Peasant women.
(b) Cicadas.
(c) Lacewings.
(d) Earwigs.

4. How is the August weather in England described?
(a) A stinging drizzle and freezing temperatures.
(b) A biting wind and cold temperatures.
(c) A biting wind and stinging drizzle.
(d) Sunny skies and gentle breezes.

5. What is Gerry's most exciting discovery?
(a) Crab spiders.
(b) Rose beetles.
(c) An earwig's nest.
(d) Mantis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What size of tortoise are on the hill?

3. What wakes Yani up from his siesta in Chapter 5?

4. Who rescues the Durrells from the Greek cab drivers?

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

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