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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. Under the loose plaster of the crumbing wall, what does Gerry find?
(a) Earwigs.
(b) A black beetle.
(c) A black scorpion.
(d) A white scorpion.

2. In the beginning of Part I: Conversation, what does Larry do that upsets Mother?
(a) Invites all his friends to come and stay with them on the island.
(b) Invites all his friends to visit and sleep on the veranda.
(c) Tells Leslie, Margo, Gerry, and Mother they will have to sleep outside while his friends are here.
(d) Invites all his friends to visit and stay at Pension Suisse.

3. What is the name given to Gerry's boat?
(a) The Bootle-Bumtrinket.
(b) The Bumtrinket.
(c) The Bootle.
(d) The Sea Calf.

4. Where does Spiro live, and learn English, while in America?
(a) Dallas.
(b) Boston.
(c) Stillwater.
(d) Chicago.

5. Larry becomes overweight in the spring. Which of the following is one of Margo's suggested diets?
(a) Brown bread and olives.
(b) Atkins.
(c) Milk and cooked vegetables.
(d) Orange juice and salad.

Short Answer Questions

1. One day Mother and Gerry buy the Rose-Beetle Man's entire stock of rose-beetles, what do they do with them?

2. How does George introduce Theodore to Gerry?

3. What does George find helpful in teaching Gerry?

4. Zatopec is one of the first of Larry's guests to arrive for a visit, what is his occupation?

5. What does Gerry take, for his collection, from one of the tortoises?

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