2. Why does Yani tell Gerry the scorpion is drowned in olive oil?
(a) If stung by a scorpion, rub the oil on the spot and there will be hardly any discomfort.
(b) Scorpion oil cures acne.
(c) The oil preserves the body.
(d) It is an old Greek superstition to ward off scorpions from your home.

3. What does Gerald say living on Corfu is like?
(a) Like living with the three stooges.
(b) Like living in one of the more flamboyant and slapstick comic operas.
(c) Like living in the Garden of Eden.
(d) Like living in a dream.

4. What does Theodore offer to show Gerry at tea on Thursday?
(a) A book about trapdoor spiders.
(b) Microscope slides.
(c) His collection of scorpion bottles.
(d) His birds.

5. What about the tortoises does Gerry find very interesting?
(a) Their shells.
(b) Their food choices.
(c) Their leathered skin.
(d) Their mating ritual.

6. Why does Margo kiss the saint's feet?
(a) To lose weight.
(b) For good luck.
(c) To get a boyfriend.
(d) To cure her acne.

7. What kind of hat does Theodore wear?
(a) A cowboy hat.
(b) A derby.
(c) A beret.
(d) A Homburg.

8. Who is the most weird and fascinating character Gerry meets on his explorations?
(a) Yani.
(b) George.
(c) The Rose-Beetle Man.
(d) Theodore.

9. What does Larry say his mother is starting to look like in Part I: Prologue, The Migration?
(a) An Irish washerwoman.
(b) A widow.
(c) A ray of sunshine in the gloomy climate.
(d) A plate of scarlet porridge.

10. Who lives at the cottage?
(a) Lots of insect life for Gerry to explore.
(b) A elderly gardener and his wife.
(c) Leslie moves into the cottage.
(d) No one, it is for Larry's guests.

11. What illness does Margo suffer from in the English weather?
(a) None.
(b) Flu.
(c) Catarrh.
(d) Acne.

12. Where does Mother suggest Larry's friends stay?
(a) Outside.
(b) On the veranda.
(c) In her room.
(d) At Pension Suisse.

13. What makes Gerald's wife laugh when reading his manuscript?
(a) The magenpies.
(b) His spelling.
(c) The "dreadful puns."
(d) His family.

14. What does Larry liken the Durrell family's entry to?
(a) A troupe of medieval tumblers.
(b) A traveling circus of medieval tumblers.
(c) A traveling circus.
(d) Gracious majesty of English nobels.

15. Aside from being Greek and adoring bargaining, why does Spiro haggle so over prices for the Durrells?
(a) He is subsidizing them until their money arrives.
(b) Everything in Greece is overpriced.
(c) He has to keep up his reputation as Spiro the Great.
(d) He does not want them to get swindled.